Cuming County - Couverture souple

Topp, Larayne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738590703 ISBN 13 : 9780738590707

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2013

Synopsis

When European settlers first came to Cuming County, they saw only what the Omaha, Pawnee, Otoe, and Ponca, and a few early trappers and traders had always seen: grass. They found acres of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass, and sideoats grama. With slough grass growing as tall as a man on horseback, landmarks--a lone tree or a bend in the river--helped them find their way home to families burrowed into their dugouts like gophers on a mound-dotted prairie. Beginning in the 1860s, railroad tracks crisscrossed the state, bringing Germans, Bohemians, Scandinavians, Irish, and more. Eventually, a network of dirt roads, graveled county roads, and paved highways replaced the deer paths and Indian trails. So has run the winding path of Cuming County's continual transformation into a patchwork quilt of farm fields, cattle yards, homes, and businesses, stitched together with the firm threads that make a county strong.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author LaRayne M. Topp is a lifelong resident of Nebraska. She was assisted in her study of the county's history by those willing to open their photograph albums and historical society archives and dig deep into their memories to help piece together this pictorial history of Cuming County.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738590703
• ISBN 13: 9780738590707
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible