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William Garlock (at left with the shovel) is probably digging the well for the Jacob Graff house near West Union in Custer County, 1888

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Hart and Co. drilling a well on Cliff Table in Custer County, Nebraska, 1890

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Letter from Uriah Oblinger to his wife and child, April 18, 1873Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society, RG1346-S01-L104

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Interview with H.W. Sample, November 1938, including his "Snake Story" Courtesy Courtesy Library of Congress, Federal Writers’ Project, Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39

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Corn Girl, circa 1907

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Hoffaker family, east Custer County, Nebraska, 1888

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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The U.S. Capitol under construction, 1860

Courtesy National Archives Records Administration, 530494

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General William Sherman leaning on breach of gun with his staff at Federal Fort Nov. 7, 1864. Uriah Oblinger served under Sherman in the siege of Atlanta, just after the letter below.

Courtesy Library of Congress, LC-B8171-3626 DLC

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Oblinger talks of "jumping" the claim of a man who had claimed a piece of land but never lived on it. This transfer of claims was common and developed a whole industry spawning land offices like this one in Round Pond, Oklahoma in 1894.

Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, 233-TRP-42

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Detail of the Harvey M. Pickens family, Ortello Valley, Custer County, Nebraska, 1889

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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"My little German home across the sea" -- Custer County, Nebraska, 1888

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Beef Moves to Nebraska

Follow beef as it moves to Nebraska.

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"Driving Cattle into a Corral, Nebraska", 1875

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Civil War soldiers eating outside at a tent camp, circa early 1860s

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Secession Map, 1860-1861; During the Civil War, the Mississippi River was blockaded by the Union forces

Courtesy Library of Congress Geography & Map Division, cw04000

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"Indians Chasing Buffaloes"

Courtesy Bancroft Library, University of California-Berkley, 1963.002:0023

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"Wanton Destruction of Buffalo", Kansas, 1872

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Miners use a flume in the Dakota Territory, 1876

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Ration Day at the Commissary at Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. 1890

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William Garlock (at left with the shovel) is probably digging the well for the Jacob Graff house near West Union in Custer County, 1888

Hart and Co. drilling a well on Cliff Table in Custer County, Nebraska, 1890

0505_1202uriah_th.png

0505_1203sample_th.png

Corn Girl, circa 1907

Hoffaker family, east Custer County, Nebraska, 1888

The U.S. Capitol under construction, 1860

General William Sherman leaning on breach of gun with his staff at Federal Fort Nov. 7, 1864. Uriah Oblinger served under Sherman in the siege of Atlanta, just after the letter below.

Oblinger talks of "jumping" the claim of a man who had claimed a piece of land but never lived on it. This transfer of claims was common and developed a whole industry spawning land offices like this one in Round Pond, Oklahoma in 1894.

Detail of the Harvey M. Pickens family, Ortello Valley, Custer County, Nebraska, 1889

"My little German home across the sea" -- Custer County, Nebraska, 1888

Beef Moves to Nebraska

"Driving Cattle into a Corral, Nebraska", 1875

Civil War soldiers eating outside at a tent camp, circa early 1860s

Secession Map, 1860-1861; During the Civil War, the Mississippi River was blockaded by the Union forces

"Indians Chasing Buffaloes"

"Wanton Destruction of Buffalo", Kansas, 1872

Miners use a flume in the Dakota Territory, 1876

Ration Day at the Commissary at Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. 1890

0507_0705agency_t.png