Just finished this book - very interesting about the originating of the Harlan County just south of Holdredge Nebraska.
Thieves, Rascals, and Sore Losers: The Unsettling History of the Dirty Deals that Helped Settle Nebraska
On they came, from Belgium and New Hampshire, from Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia, from the Chicago fire, from the territories: Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, the Dakotas.
All the way they brawled, about Indians, about border lines, about slavery, about who was the bigger imbecile. And then they fought County Seat Wars in most of the 3,000 new counties. A thousand of those remaining ended up in south central Nebraska, scrapping about Harlan County and which still-imagined town should hold the seat of government.
All the way they brawled, about Indians, about border lines, about slavery, about who was the bigger imbecile. And then they fought County Seat Wars in most of the 3,000 new counties. A thousand of those remaining ended up in south central Nebraska, scrapping about Harlan County and which still-imagined town should hold the seat of government.
Have just finished this 6 hour book, very interesting history of Booker T. Washington - written in 1901.
Finished this book. Another
very interesting read/listen.
Just downloaded this and will be my next audible book.
We listened to this Carol Burnett book while driving down from Clarinda.
She has several other books which
I hope to get.
News of the park. Neighbors Ardel and Marion Finken came in Sunday afternoon. Ardel has quite a bit of shaking, which he says is inherited, and I helped him put up his awnings. More "feeble" than I remember him. When he takes is time he gets around fine -- put their electric bike together and they are settled in. Dave and Peg Gilmore and Ed Stanger got here on the weekend. Mac Lasher came in last week.
Later, Lynn
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