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VOLUME 1 (1978)

The Oregon Trail: The Randall Journal

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Agriculture: Buffalo County Pioneers

By Philip S. Holmegren

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The Mormon Trail: The Oliver Family of Shelton

By: Grace Oliver

The Plow That Broke the Plains

By: Michael W. Schuyler

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Rails in Buffalo County

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Kearney Canal 1875-1886 (Part II)

By: Gene E. Hamacker

The Kearney Canal 1875-1886 (Part I)

By: Gene E. Hamacker

Early Post Offices in Buffalo County

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Kearney Minneapolis of the West

By: Marian Dettman Johnson

Ravenna: The Early Years

By: Pauline Irwin and Bethyne Hanna

Towns of Wood River Valley: Successes and Failures to 1890

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 2 (1979)

Stephen Watts Kearny

By: Phyllis Roberts

Early Days at Odessa Part I

By Myron Scott: Edited by: Alice Howell and Marian Johnson

The Girl Who Interviewed Nellie Bly

By: Margaret Ellen Nielsen

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Early Days at Odessa Part II

By: Myron Johnson: Edited by: Alice Howell and Marian Johnson

The Commonweal Comes to Kearney 1894

By: Gene E. Hamaker

One Hundred Years Ago: The Diary of Emily Sergeant Part II

By: Dr. Dean Sergeant

One Hundred Years Ago: The Diary of Emily Sergeant Part I

By: Dr. Dean Sergeant

The Settlement of Gibbon

By: LeRoy A. Walker

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The Watson Ranch Part I

By: Philip S. Holmgren

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The Watson Ranch Part II

By: Philip S. Holmgren

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VOLUME 3 (1980)

They Loved a Parade Part I

By: Margaret Ellen Nielsen

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The Poor are Always With Us Part I

By: Gene A. Hamaker

They Loved a Parade Part II

By: Margaret Ellen Nielsen

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The Poor are Always With Us Part II

By: Gene A. Hamaker

My Timber Claim for Your Horse

By: Marian Dettman Johnson

The Origins of the Mother Hull Home: 1889-1929

By: Ella Melton Peck

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Kudos and Sour Grapes

By: Philip S. Holmgren

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Nebraska Centre and Boyd Ranch

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Samuel Clay Bassett: Farmer Historian

By: Margaret Ellen Nielsen

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Three from Buffalo County

By: Ruth M. Anderson

VOLUME 4 (1981)

Sodtown: The Community that Would Not Die

By: Irvin Irwiller and Alice Howell

The First Inhabitants Hostetler

By: Ella Doggett

Bits and Pieces: Locating Kearney Junction

By: Gene E. Hamaker

Moses H. Sydenham: First of the Visionaries

By: Margaret Ellen Nielsen

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Kearney's Prophet: Col W. W. Patterson

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Early Fairs in Buffalo County

By: Barbara Pemberton Riege

Sartoria: A Lovely Ghost Town

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Will J. Scoutt: A Man for All Seasons

By: Marian Dettman Johnson

The Lone Sower: My Life Story Part I

By: Adolph Voss

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The Lone Sower: My Life Story Part II

By: Adolph Voss

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VOLUME 5 (1982)

Roots of Buffalo County: The English Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

The Dayton Emigration Association

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Roots of Buffalo County: The English Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

Bertha Haug Hayman: School Teacher

By: Maxine Schroeder

Recollections of Buckeye Valley School

By: Ruth Gitchel Anderson 

Some People and Events in the Early History of Amherst

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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By-Gone School Days
 

By: May Clayton Stover

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Sacramento to Kearney by Car: 1917

By: Weslie Wort Wilder

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A. T. Anderson: Photographer

By: Marian Dettman Johnson

Kearney: Episodes from 1877

By. Gene A. Hamaker

VOLUME 6 (1983)

Lottie Gove Norton: Grande Dame of Fort Kearney Chapter: DAR

By: Pamelia Nelson Long

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Elm Creek in 1942

By: Stephen King

Early Days in Elm Creek

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Roots in Buffalo County: The Irish Part I
 

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Roots in Buffalo County: The Irish Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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B. O. Hostetler: District Judge
 

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Lincoln Highway

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Kearney Junction 1872: Business and Businessmen Part I

By: Gene E. Hamaker

Kearney Junction 1872: Business and Businessmen Part II

By: Gene E. Hamaker

Kearney Volunteer Fire Department: The First 100 Years

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 7 (1984)

Roots of Buffalo County: The Scandinavians Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Roots of Buffalo County: The Scandinavians Part III (The Danes)

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Roots of Buffalo County: The Scandinavians Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Influenza 1918
 

By: Gene E. Hamaker

Kearney High School: Glimpses from the Early Years 1881-1901

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Community of Stanley

By: Irene Mollard

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Weddings Through the Years

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Letters of Sally Coffman to Her Daughter Marilla: 1877, 1879, 1880

Edited by: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Augustus Orloff Thomas: Pioneer Educator
 

By: Philip S. Holmgren

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Gene Edward Hamaker: Historian; Feb. 28, 1928 - Oct. 19, 1984

By: Phiilp S. Holmgren

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VOLUME 8 (1985)

The Mitchell-ketchum Tragedy

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Freighting in Buffalo County Part II: Kearney; The Trade Center for Buffalo County Freighting in the 1880's
 

By: Mardi Anderson

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Freighting in Buffalo County Part I: A Flash in the Pan: Freighting from Kearney to the Black Hills in 1877

By: Mardi Anderson

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Freighting in Buffalo County Part III: Other Wagon Routes

By: Mardi Anderson

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The Czechs in and Around Ravenna Part I

By: Edith Fiala Abraham

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Buckeye Valley and the Hamlet of Butler

By: Laura Volhand Brady

The Czechs in and Around Ravenna Part II

By: Edith Fiala Abraham

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The Arts in Early Kearney Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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The Arts in Early Kearney Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Letters to Nellie Part I

By: N/A

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VOLUME 9 (1986)

Letters to Nellie Part II

Edited by: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The First Greeks in Kearney Part II

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The First Greeks in Kearney Part I

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Lebanese in Kearney Part I

By: Minnette Yanney Steinbrink

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The Lebanese in Kearney Part II

By: Minnette Yanney Steinbrink

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The Opera House Part I

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Kearney Women's Club

By: Dorothy S. Wilson

The Opera House Part II

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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My Dear Jay Part I: Brink Family Correspondence 1884-1904

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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My Dear Jay Part II
 

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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VOLUME 10 (1987)

Kearney 100 Years Ago: 1886 in Review

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Higgins Homestead (The Jochem Farm)

By: Dan Reese

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The Farming Community of Buffalo County 1886

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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When Watertown was a Town

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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George Meisner of Shelton

By: Angela Frazier

Chautuaqua

By: Edna Luce

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The Passion Play

By: Dorothy S. Wilson

The Hotels of Kearney Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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The Hotels of Kearney Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Christmas Traditions

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 11 (1988)

The Ice Industry

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Barnstormers: A Flying Parson and other Aviators Aviation: 1911-1942

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Aviation Meet: Kearney's First Airshow

By: Mardi Anderson

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The Kearney Air Base: The Military
 

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Kearney Air Base: The Civilians

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Harmon Park

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Fort Kearney-Guardian of the Plains

By: Beverly Murray Kimball

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The Newspapers of Kearney: Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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The Newspapers of Kearney: Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen