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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

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50 Years of KVFD Emergency Medical Service

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 12 (1989)

A View of Kearney in 1888

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Charles E. Hanson

By: Kieth Buss

John A. Stryker: Photographer

By: Mardith Anderson

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Washington Day 1889

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Alice Hendrickson: Farm Wife

By: Ethel Mae Hendrickson Fritz

Roots of Buffalo County: The Germans and The Austrians Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Roots of Buffalo County: The Germans and Austrians Part I

By: Margaret Stiens Nielsen

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Roots of Buffalo County: The Germans and The Austrians Part III

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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The Kaufmann and Wernert Store

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Going Home to Kaufmann's

By: Susan Sizer Bogue

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VOLUME 13 (1990)

Kearney Boomers in 1889

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Kearney Pubic Library: 1890-1990

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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William W. Pool: Pool Siding and Poole; A Brief History

By: Kieth Buss

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Rural Electrification: 1929-1953

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Pleasanton

By: June I. Hand

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Quilts and Quilting

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Pleasanton School District 105

By: Barbara Reidy O'Neill

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Kearney and Black Hills Railway: A Backward Glance

By: Philip S. Holmgren

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Armada: The Gem City 1873-1890

By: James Bish

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The Beshore Family: Electronics Pioneers

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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VOLUME 14 (1991)

1890 in Kearney

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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John Reddy: Pioneer Railroader and Farmer

By: Rhonda O'Brian and Margaret Tunks

D. Wort Grain Dealer: Former Mayor

By: Emma Jane Wilder

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The Town That was Nantasket

By: Rochelle A. Hunt

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The Founding Mothers of Kearney

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Flour Mills in Buffalo County Part I The Gibbon Mill 1873-1941

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Post South Loup Fork

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Flour Mills in Buffalo County Part II

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 15 (1992)

Episodes in the Lives of Early Buffalo County Women

Compiled by: Emma Jane Wilder

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The Black Family

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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D. P. Ashburn

By: Leroy A. Walker

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Industrial Boom Reaches Its Zenith

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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The Kearney and Gothenburg Boom Periods

By: Keith Buss

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Automobile Trip from Kearney to Estes Park, Colorado: Aug. 5-7 1914

Edited by: Philip S. Holmgren

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VOLUME 16 (1993)

The Kearney Military Academy: Serving the Community 1892-1993

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Remembering Kearney and the Robinson-Miller Meat Market

By: Leslie Robinson and Ruth Miller Farm

Horse Power Threshing

By: Jay W. Gitchel

The New York to Paris Automobile Race: 1908

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Brickmaking in Kearney

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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More on Brickyards

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 17 (1994)

West Nebraska Holiness Camp Meetings

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Reminiscences of Ralph M. Grimes

Edited by: Philip S. Holmgren

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The Many Advocations of Clarence A. Murch

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Kearney's "Boys of Summer" - The 1946 Irishmen Part I

By: Gary Stickney

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Kearney's "Boys of Summer" - The 1946 Irishmen Part II

By: Gary Stickney

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The Kearney Bank Robbery

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 18 (1995)

Letters From Behind the Wall

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Migrating to Nebraska

By: Henry Hilton Wood

Furniture That Talks: A History of KFGW and Early Radio in Buffalo County

By: Tom Frasier

Experiences as a Farmer in Nebraska

By: Henry Hilton Wood

Camp John R. Brooke

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Camp Henry A. Morrow: The G.A.R Reunion of 1888

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 19 (1996)

Bishop George Allan Beecher and His Mentors Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Historical Backgrounds of Churches in Buffalo County Part I

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Bishop George Allan Beecher and His Mentors Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Historical Background of Churches in Buffalo County Part II

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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George Zebedee Richards "A Pioneer on the Move"

By: Philip S. Holmgren

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Kearney Public School Classrooms: Then and Now

By: Philip S. Holmgren and Alice Howell

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VOLUME 20 (1997)

Major John Talbot

By: Mardi Anderson

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The Korean Connection

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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John Pesek - The Wrestler from Ravenna

By: Valerie Vierk, Mary Lee Pesek and Geoffery Pesek

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Annevar - Ravenna's Party for Central Nebraska Part I

By: Valerie Vierk

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Annevar - Ravenna's Party for Central Nebraska Part II

By: Valerie Vierk

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Bico's Cafes

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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VOLUME 21 (1998)

Looking Back on Kearney's Anniversaries Part I

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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The Wedding

By: Sue Hankins

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Looking Back on kearney's Avnniversaries Part II

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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Reunion of Class of 1937

By: Emma Jane Wilder

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Kearney 100 Years Ago Part I

By: Mardi Anderson

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Kearney 100 Years Ago Part II

By: Mardi Anderson

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VOLUME 22 (1999)

Memories of Kearney as a Youth

By: Charles F. Brown

Ravenna Area Cemeteries Part I

By: Valerie Vierk

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The Empress and the Fort Theaters 1914 - 1988 Kearney NE

By: Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

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Ravenna Area Cemeteries Part II

By: Valerie Vierk

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Dedicated to Professor Philip S. Holmgren

By: Professor Otto Lohrenz

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The Pioneer Neighborhood

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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VOLUME 23 (2000)

Fort Kearney: The Rest of the Story Part I

By: Sally Vifquain

Fort Kearney: The Rest of the Story Part III

By: Sally Vifquain

Fort Kearney: The Rest of the Story Part II

By: Sally Vifquain

Historic Homes of Ravenna: The Polenz Hose Part I

By: Valerie Vierk

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Historic Homes of Ravenna: The Polnez House Part II

By: Valerie Vierk

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Historical Vignette: Bert Wood

By: Tara Heil

Historic Homes of Ravenna: The Polnez House Part III

By: Valerie Vierk

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VOLUME 24 (2001)

The Ludden Family

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen

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The Love Letters of Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman Part I

By: Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman

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Introducing Sherrie Dux-Ideus

By: Roger Davis

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The Love Letters of Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman Part II

By: Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman

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VOLUME 25 (2002)

The Love Letters of Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman Part III

By: Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman

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Gilbert C. Fosdick II: Stagecoach Driver

By: Mardi Anderson

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A Nebraskan in the Navy in W.W.II

By: Carl Spelts

The Love Letters of Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman Part IV

By: Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman

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The Love Letters of Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman Part V

By: Bertha Alice Haug and Ora Oscar Hayman

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"A Day that Will Live in Infamy" Buffalo County and the Attack of Pearl Harbor

By: Adam Fjell

VOLUME 26 (2003)

"From Corsets to Cut-offs"

By: Melissa Hudnall

"Dear Lib": A Letter from Kearney Junction in 1873 from Rebecca Almira Hamer

By: Mark R. Ellis

Alice Shaneyfelt Howell

By: Margaret Stines Nielsen and Mardi Anderson

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Law and Order in Buffalo County

By: Mark R. Ellis

Fifty Years of International Harvester Company in Buffalo County

By: Howard L. Mefferd

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Buda: The Oldest "Town" in Buffalo County

By: Mardi Anderson

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VOLUME 27 (2004)

The Student Handbook in the 20th Century

By: kami Lammers

Gilbert "George" Fitch

By: Carol Bosshardt

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School Houses, Students and Teachers

By: Chris McClemens

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A Day in the Life of a Depot Agent

By: Howard Kolbo

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Labor of Love

By: Marian Johnson

A Tragic Story of Womanhood

By: Kendra Moore

VOLUME 28 (2005)

Sweetwater, Nebraska

By: Mardi Anderson

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Rebecca Almira (McCord) Hammer

By: Kendra Moore

Fort Kearney's Unconventional Army Units

By: Kevin Moeller

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Harrison Township

By: Mardi Anderson

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A Town on the Move: From Armada to Miller

By: Heather Stauffer

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kearney's 50th Anniversary Parade (1923)

By: Mark R. Ellis

VOLUME 29 (2006)

Kearney's 50th Anniversary Pioneer Celebration: The Come Back Letters

By: Mardi Anderson

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The Acheys Remember Kearney's Early Days

By: Mardi Anderson

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A Double Murder in Odessa: The State of Nebraska vs. Frank Dinsmore

By: Ross Huxoll

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We Can Serve Behind the Lines

By: Sarah Westesen

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Coach George Van Buren

By: Jordan Kuck

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The Come Back Letters Part III

By: Mardi Anderson

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VOLUME 30 (2007)

Ronald the "Farnam Flash" Lewis

By: Jordan Kuck

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"It's Fun to Run with the Champions"

By: Jordan Kuck

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"The Greatest Season Ever"

By: Mark R. Ellis

"Frank Lydic: One of Kearney's Best"

By: Jordan Kuck

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VOLUME 31 (2008)

Winter of Death: Ravenna's Victims of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

By: Valerie L. Vierk

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Tied at the Waist: The Evolution of the Apron

By: Donna Richards

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Joseph C. Mahoney: Cowboy Turned Station Agent

By: Valerie L. Vierk

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The United States Cadet Nurse Program: Two Ravenna Sisters Who Answered the Call

By: Valerie L. Vierk

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Home on the Loup River (Freighters Hotel) Part I

By: Mary Kenney

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Home on the Loup River (Freighters Hotel) Part II

By: Mary Kenney

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VOLUME 32 (2009)

The Pioneer Preacher: Rev. Asbury Collins and His Family

By: Brennon Malcom

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Amanda Swenson: Kearney's Swedish Song Bird

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Growing Up Tough

By: Mary Lee Pesek

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Kearney's Popular Mayor: Mr. W. H. "Bill" Knaggs

By: William H. Knaggs

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Kearney Army Air Base: A Photographic Journal

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Beauty in Words, Horror in Life: The Poetry of World War II Part I

Compiled By: Katherine Wielechowski

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VOLUME 33 (2010)

Beauty in Words, Horror in Life: The Poetry Of World War II Part II

Compiled By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Letter, Telephone, E-mail: A Brief History of Long-Distance Communication

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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The Homan's Life on the Boyd Ranch

By: Janice Shafer

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The Story of Olive Hayes Doty

Compiled By: Mardi Anderson

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"To the Black Hills, If Nothing Bigger Than a Pumpkin Goes Through Us" Part I

By: Chuck Real

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"To the Black Hills, If Nothing Bigger Than a Pumpkin Goes Through Us" Part II

By: Chuck Real

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VOLUME 34 (2011)

"To the Black Hills, If Nothing Bigger Than a Pumpkin Goes Through Us" Part III

By: Chuck Real

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One Hundred Years of Twisters

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Remembering Patrick Edward Fitzgerald

By: Gerald A. (Jerry) Pickerell

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100 Years: US Post Office to the Museum of Nebraska Art

Compiled By: Katherine Wielechowski

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The Zikmund Era 1955-1972: The Golden Age of Blue and Gold Football Part I

By: Ross Huxoll

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The Zikmund Era 1955-1972: The Golden Age of Blue and Gold Football Part II

By: Ross Huxoll

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VOLUME 35 (2012)

The Zikmund Era 1955-1972: The Golden Age of Blue and Gold Football: Part III

By: Ross Huxoll

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Lifeline: Letters From Nebraskan Soldiers During World War II Part II

By: Nathan Piper

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Lifeline: Letters From Nebraska Soldiers During World War II Part I

By: Nathan Piper

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Lifeline: Letters From Nebraskan Soldiers During World War II Part III

By: Nathan Piper

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Lifeline: Letters From Nebraskan Soldiers During World War II Part IV

By: Nathan Piper

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Lifeline: Letters From Nebraska Soldiers During World War II Part V

By: Nathan Piper

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VOLUME 36 (2013)

Silver Rails

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Memories from the Saunders Family

By: Janice Ball Niswonger

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The Plane View Cafe and Restaurant

By: Vicki Brown

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Politics, the President & God Part I

By: Ross Huxoll

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Politics, the President & God Part II

By: Ross Huxoll

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Politics, the President & God Part III

By: Ross Huxoll

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VOLUME 37 (2014)

The Kearney Army Air Field

By: Ross Huxoll

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The Photography of A.T. Anderson

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Stage Coach Lines

By: Mardi Anderson

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Days of Summer: Meet the Summer Staff

By: Jennifer Murrish

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History of the Church of the Brethren

By: Helen Steinmeyer

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Forget-Me-Not: Selections from an Autograph Book of Mrs. Palmer

By: Ross Huxoll

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VOLUME 38 (2015)

Let there be Light: Rural Electrification in Buffalo County Part I

By: Janice Martin

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Let there be Light: Rural Electrification in Buffalo County Part II

By: Janice Martin

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Silly Postcards

By: Ann Holen

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Life of a Cowboy

Poetry by William Potter and Artwork by Bob Kerby

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Looking into the Past 2014: Photo Project Partnership With UNK Small Group Communications Part I

By: Kylee Johnson, Holly Green, Molly Anson and Yamin Zou

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Looking into the Past 2014: Photo Project Partnership With UNK Small Group Communications Part II

By: Kylee Johnson, Holly Green, Molly Anson and Yamin Zou

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VOLUME 39 (2016)

Trip Down the River: Canoe Trip Journal of Jack Heart

Transcribed by Corene Phillips

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Life on the South Loup and Shecklers Lake 1876-1880

By: Corene Phillips

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Memories of Growing Up in Buffalo County

By: Nancy Henry Van Allen

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Generational Look-Alike Contest

The Merryman Preforming Arts Center: 10 Years in the Arts of Kearney

By: Carol Lomicky

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Miller and Associates: Growing with our Clients for 40 Years

By: Brenda S. Jensen

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VOLUME 40 (2017)

Letters From the Midway Part I

Letter donated by Joe DeFalco

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Sounds From the Past: Photo Journal of Kearney Bands

By: Katherine Wielechowski

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Letters From the Midway Part II

Letter donated by Joe DeFalco

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District 65 Part I

By: Meredith Underwood

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District 65 Part II

By: Meredith Underwood

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A History of 705 W. 22nd St.

By: Broc Anderson

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VOLUME 41 (2018)

Weddings Through the Decades

By: Dr. Elaine Batenhorst

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Disarming of the Kearney State College Police Force during the era of Civil Rights and Vietnam Part II

By: Cannon Marchand

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Disarming of the Kearney State College Police Force during the era of Civil Rights and Vietnam Part I

By: Cannon marchand

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Tourist Parks in Kearney

By: Mardi Anderson

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The Veterans of World War II Inc. Part I

By: Broc Anderson

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The Veterans of World War I Inc. Part II

By: Broc Anderson

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VOLUME 42 (2019)

Kearney's First Cemetery: Why a Community Decides to Move a Cemetery and Forget its Past, Part I

By: Cannon Marchand

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Cyclists' Account of the June 4, 1908 Tornado

By: Nathan Tye

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Kearney's First Cemetery: Why a Community Decides to Move a Cemetery and Forget its Past, Part II

By: Cannon marchand

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Mayor Joseph C. Tye's V-E Day Proclamation

By: Nathan Tye

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One Man, the Media, and Morale: S. Sgt. Hugh Benson and the Kearney Army Air Field

By: Tatiana Moore

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Central Nebraska During World War II: Part I

By: Broc Anderson

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Ravenna's Doctor Dickinson

By: Valerie L. Vierk

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Winded: Kearney's Cyclone of 1908

By: Heather Stauffer

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Historic Homes of Ravenna: The Cass House

By: Valerie Vierk

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Celebrating Christmas in Ravenna in the Early Years

By: Valerie Vierk

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