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Adams County, Nebraska
History & Genealogy
 

Source:
PAST AND PRESENT
of
ADAMS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Judge William R. Burton,
Supervising Editor
David J. Lewis,
Assistant Editor
- ILLUSTRATED -
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VOLUME I
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Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1916

 CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I - GENERAL EARLY HISTORY

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CHAPTER II - ADAMS COUNTY SOILS AND CLIMATE 14
CHAPTER III - ORGANIZATION 26
CHAPTER IV - COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL 41
CHAPTER V - HASTINGS 60
CHAPTER VI - HASTINGS AFTER COUNTY SEAT FIGHT 77
CHAPTER VII - HASTINGS - MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND ACTIVITIES 95
CHAPTER VIII - POLITICAL HISTORY 111
CHAPTER IX - SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 125
CHAPTER X - ADAMS COUNTY BENCH AND BAR 151
CHAPTER XI - NOTABLE ADAMS COUNTY TRIALS 164
CHAPTER XII - PHYSICIANS, AND VITAL STATISTICS 187
CHAPTER XIII - BANKS AND BANKING 198
CHAPTER XIV - FRATERNAL AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 205
CHAPTER XV - G. A. R. ORGANIZATIONS 238
CHAPTER XVI - SOME ADAMS COUNTY CHURCHES 249
CHAPTER XVII - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND INSTITUTIONS 273
CHAPTER XVIII - WOMEN'S CLUBS 288
CHAPTER XIX - BASEBALL AND ENTERTAINMENTS 301
CHAPTER XX - CHRONICLE OF COMPANIES K AND G 316
CHAPTER XXI - THE HOMESTEADER - POPULATION AND STATISTICS 326
CHAPTER XXII - RAILROADS AND NEWSPAPERS 336
CHAPTER XXIII - INGLESIDE 345
CHAPTER XXIV - JUNIATA 351
CHAPTER XXV - KENESAW 366
CHAPTER XXVI - HOLSTEIN 383
CHAPTER XXVII - ADAMS COUNTY TOWNS  -  FINISHED 8/16/2026 389
CHAPTER XXVIII - GREAT STORMS 408
CHAPTER XXIX - OREGON TRAIL AND LONE GRAVE 415
CHAPTER XXX - THE ENTRYMEN - IN PROCESS 8/16/2026 423
VOLUME II - BIOGRAPHIES  


 

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