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Nebraska's Territorial Lawmaker, 1854-1867
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Great Plains Quarterly Great Plains Studies, Center for 1992 Frontier Solons: Nebraska's Territorial Lawmaker, 1854-1867 James B. Potts University of Wisconsin-La Cross Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly Part of the Other International and Area Studies Commons Potts, James B., "Frontier Solons: Nebraska's Territorial Lawmaker, 1854-1867" (1992). Great Plains Quarterly. 648. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/648 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Great Plains Studies, Center for at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Plains Quarterly by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. FRONTIER SOLONS NEBRASKA'S TERRITORIAL LAWMAKERS, 1854,1867 JAMES B. POTTS In the thirty-seven years since Earl Pomeroy Nevertheless, certain facets of western po maintained that the political history of the mid litical development, including the role of ter nineteenth century American West needed ritorial assemblies, still require "study and "further study and clarification," Howard R. clarification." With few exceptions, territorial Lamar, Lewis Gould, Clark Spence, and other histories have focused upon the activities of fed specialists have produced detailed studies of po erally appointed territorial officials--governors, liticallife in the western territories. Their works secretaries, and, occasionally, judges---and upon have shed light on the everyday workings and the territorial delegates. 2 Considerably less study failures of the American territorial system and has been made of the territorial legislatures, have elucidated the distinctive political and locally elected lawmaking bodies that provide economic conditions that shaped local insti useful perspectives from which to examine fron tutions in Dakota, Wyoming, and other western tier political behavior and attitudes. -
The Settlement of Blackwood Township, Hayes County, Nebraska, 1878-1907
Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: The Settlement of Blackwood Township, Hayes County, Nebraska, 1878-1907 Full Citation: Robert D Clark. “The Settlement of Blackwood Township, Hayes County, Nebraska, 1878-1907,” Nebraska History 66 (1985): 74-110 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1985Blackwood.pdf Date: 12/05/2013 Article Summary: The first settlers of Blackwood Township mistakenly believed that “the rain follows the plow.” Drought caused them to mortgage and subsequently lose their property. By 1985 descendents of only two of the original Blackwood families still lived in the township. Cataloging Information: Early Settlers: Miles J Abbott, Michael Brennan, Warren Clark, Charley Coburger, Joab Copeland, Angus Crucklaw, Charles Deuter, David Fuller, Oscar Gruver, Dock Gruver, Franklin Hanks, John Heitkamp, John S and Mary Hughes, Ellsworth and Maggie Jeffries, William -
Rangelands the Worst Hard Time
BOOK REVIEW The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl. By Timothy Egan. 2006. Mariner Books, Houghton Miffl in Co., Boston, MA, USA. 340 p. US $14.95. paper. ISBN-13 978-0-618-77347-3. Those discussing future rangeland climates would do well to consider the challenges of the past. For Americans, the drought disaster that most haunts our national imagination is the “Dust Bowl,” encom- passing over 100 million acres of the American heartland just over 75 years ago. A coinage of a clever newspaper reporter, the Dust Bowl was an unprecedented economic, social, and ecological catastrophe that followed close upon one of the most rapid transformations of resilient native rangeland into intensive dry-land agriculture that shortly sowed the seeds of its own destruction. What had once been a vast shortgrass steppe, teeming with huge herds of migratory buffalo, and, for a short interval following, an “open range” (often overstocked with Texas Longhorn), became, with the arrival of the railroads, open to settlement and the sod-busting plow of determined, land-hungry immigrants. “Rain follows the plow!” was the clarion call of the day, and for a couple of remarkable decades of “the Great Plow-up,” precipitation was indeed reasonably reliable; the farms took root, and the com- munities grew and prospered, producing “the biggest wheat crop the world had ever seen” that para- doxically contributed to the market’s collapse. When the inevitable multi-year drought inexorably arrived, much of this dryland domain was bare and exposed without perennial cover; the stage was set for it all to just blow away. -
Redeeming the West Colleagues
Thoughts on “Redeeming the West” Redeeming the West: A History of the Scientific Approach Richard Kohler April 1st, 2013 Dixie State University Colleagues Presentation Albert Bierstadt, On the Oregon Trail, 1867 Albert Bierstadt, Surveyors Wagon in the Rockies, 1859 The pioneers of science in the American West were more often than not those trained in the “art” of surveying. Exploration surveys were funded by Congress, led by military officers (King, Hayden, Wheeler, Ives, Powell), and necessarily included surveyors, photographers and artists many of whom achieved fame in their own right. Thoughts on “Redeeming the West” 1870!! William Hooper before Congress opposing Anti-Mormon bill Thoughts on “Redeeming the West” 1873!! Elizabeth Wood Kane’s Journal!! Elizabeth Wood Kane kept a journal during her stay in St. George, Utah during the winter of 1872 - 1873. ! “She noted that she often felt she was living in an old Syrian world among pastoral folk fulfilling Isaiah’s promise of making a fertile land of the desert plains.” Thoughts on “Redeeming the West” 1879!! Report on the Lands of the Arid Region, JW Powell Thirty years of data concerning climate change were analyzed by the J. W. Powell Survey in 1877. Powell and other government scientists were aware of claims by Mormon settlers that the increased precipitation was a result of their prayerful requests to the Almighty. G. K. Gilbert provided this explanation of the rise of the level of Great Salt Lake over the thirty year period following the Mormon’s arrival. John W. Powell believed that the phenomena was a result of the actions of man. -
The Hispanic Experience in Central Nebraska
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences Great Plains Studies, Center for Spring 2001 Latinos Along the Platte: The Hispanic Experience in Central Nebraska Roger Davis University of Nebraska at Kearney Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsresearch Part of the Other International and Area Studies Commons Davis, Roger, "Latinos Along the Platte: The Hispanic Experience in Central Nebraska" (2001). Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 601. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsresearch/601 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Great Plains Studies, Center for at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Great Plains Research 12 (Spring 2001): 27-50 © Copyright by the Center for Great Plains Studies LATINOS ALONG THE PLATTE: THE HISPANIC EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA Roger P. Davis Department of History University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, Nebraska 68849 [email protected] ABSTRACT -This essay examines the arrival and growth of Latino population, principally Mexican American, into the Platte River valley region of Nebraska from 1890 to 1996. It outlines the history of the push and pull factors of immigration from Mexico and the various phases and characteristics of Latino settlement in the Midwest generally and in Nebraska specifically. It reviews demographic patterns over the 20th century and concludes with observations based upon census projections that indicate that the Nebraska Latino community will become the state's primary minority community by 2025. -
Research Connects Soil Moisture to Next-Day Rainfall
Research connects soil moisture to next- day rainfall 9 August 2016, by Barbara Moran western United States indicates a higher probability of rain the next day. But surprisingly, the opposite is true in the eastern United States, where dry soil today means more likely rain tomorrow. People have looked at this link between soil moisture and rainfall for a long time," says Guido Salvucci, Boston University professor of earth and environment and co-author of the Science paper. "But we felt like scientists didn't necessarily use the right statistical techniques, and they also didn't have as high quality and long a data set as we had. So we revisited it." Samuel Tuttle (GRS'11, '15), now a postdoctoral Are soil and rain somehow linked? New research in research scientist in civil and environmental Science shows that they are—in a surprising way. Credit: engineering at the University of New Hampshire, cgouin/iStock began the work as a PhD candidate under Salvucci. After completing a project examining soil moisture data from NASA's Aqua satellite, Tuttle decided to take the work one step further. In 1881, a land speculator named Charles Dana Wilber wrote a book called The Great Valleys and "We had this nice satellite data set of soil moisture, Prairies of Nebraska and the Northwest, in which nine years long, every day from 2002 to 2011," he, stumping for western settlement, coined a says Tuttle. He decided to use the data in a new phrase: "rain follows the plow." way, "to diagnose the relationship between soil moisture on one day and rainfall on the next day." The phrase captured a popular theory of climatology—that homesteading and farming could permanently change the climate of the arid West, increasing rainfall and turning the Great American Desert, as it was known, into a verdant paradise. -
The First Hundred Years of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory: a Major Role Played in the Development of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center DigitalCommons@UNMC History of the College of Public Health: Papers and Posters History of the College of Public Health 2013 The First Hundred Years of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory: A Major Role Played in the Development of Public Health Kristin A. Watkins University of Nebraska Medical Center, [email protected] Peter C. Iwen University of Nebraska Medical Center, [email protected] Anthony R. Sambol University of Nebraska Medical Center, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/coph_history_papers Part of the Public Health Commons Recommended Citation Watkins, Kristin A.; Iwen, Peter C.; and Sambol, Anthony R., "The First Hundred Years of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory: A Major Role Played in the Development of Public Health" (2013). History of the College of Public Health: Papers and Posters. 1. https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/coph_history_papers/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the History of the College of Public Health at DigitalCommons@UNMC. It has been accepted for inclusion in History of the College of Public Health: Papers and Posters by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNMC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The First Hundred Years of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory: A Major Role Played in the Development of Public Health By Kristin Watkins, MBA, Peter Iwen, PhD, Tony Sambol, MS Introduction/Background Public health laboratories are the invisible key to public health. These laboratories have played a significant role in the health of the community since their inception in the late 1800s. -
The Sandhills of South Dakota : a Regional Study
South Dakota State University Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1985 The Sandhills of South Dakota : A Regional Study Robert E. Weimer Follow this and additional works at: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd Recommended Citation Weimer, Robert E., "The Sandhills of South Dakota : A Regional Study" (1985). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4318. https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/4318 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE SANDHILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA: A REGIONAL STUDY BY ROBERT E. WEIMER A·thesis submit ted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Ma ster of Science, Major in Geography, South Dakota State University 1985 CniiTU 1'"\AV-TA � ..... __ ••••·· ·------ - _ THE SANDHILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA: A REGIONAL STUDY This thesis is approved as a creditable and independent investigation by a candidate for the degree, Master of Science, and is acceptable for meeting the thesis requirements for tbis degree. Acceptance of this thesis does not imply that the conclusions reached by the candidate are necessarily the conclusions of the major department. EdwardThesis AdvisPatricker Hogan, Ph.D. Date Edward Patrick Hog , Ph.D. Date Head, Geography Departmentdh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author wishes to express his appreciation and thanks to Dr. Edward P. -
A History of Cherry County, Nebraska╎s Cattle
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, History, Department of Department of History 11-1998 Cattle, Environment, and Economic Change: A History of Cherry County, Nebraska’s Cattle Industry, from Earliest Times to 1940 Gail Lorna DiDonato University of Nebraska-Lincoln Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss Part of the American Material Culture Commons, Meat Science Commons, and the United States History Commons DiDonato, Gail Lorna, "Cattle, Environment, and Economic Change: A History of Cherry County, Nebraska’s Cattle ndusI try, from Earliest Times to 1940" (1998). Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, Department of History. 78. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss/78 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the History, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, Department of History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. CATTLE, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMIC CHANGE: A HISTORY OF CHERRY COUNTY, NEBRASKA’S CATTLE INDUSTRY, FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1940 by Gail Loma DiDonato A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: History Under the Supervision of Professor John Wunder and Professor Benjamin Rader Lincoln, Nebraska November, 1998 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. DM! Number: 9917827 Copyright 1999 by DiDonato, Gail Loraa All rights reserved. UMI Microform 9917827 Copyright 1999, by UMI Company. All rights reserved. -
Chalk Bluff Line Camp, Constructed in 1867 by J.W. Iliff. Perspective and Primary Views
History of the Pawnee National Grassland During the early stages of American expansion, the high plains of northeastern Colorado were prime grazing land for large populations of deer, antelope, elk and buffalo. The human population consisted of Indians and a few fur trappers. Before 1850, a fur trader named Elbridge Gerry settled where Crow Creek joined the South Platte River east of present-day Greeley. In 1861, John Wesley Iliff started his first cow camp on Crow Creek. The next year, Iliff established a cow camp approximately five miles down Crow Creek from above the Uhl Homestead to provide beef to the railroad crews and also establish a shipping point to the East. Chalk Bluff Line Camp, constructed in 1867 by J.W. Iliff. Perspective and Primary views. In 1868, he bought $40,000 worth of cattle from Charles Goodnight, who trailed them north from Texas. This established the Goodnight-Loving trail through this area. Goodnight continued trailing herds for Iliff through 1876. By 1877, Iliff's domain stretched from the South Platte River north to the Chalk Bluffs by the Colorado- Wyoming border, and from the mountains east to the present Kansas border. He was the biggest cattleman in Colorado. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed only 160 acres per homestead, and at least one-quarter (40 acres) of that had to be tilled. Later Acts allowed a total of 320 acres. One of these was the Timber Culture Act, en- acted in 1873, allowing the settler to pick up an additional 160 acres by agreeing to plant 2,700 seedlings on 10 acres, of which 675 should be alive and healthy at the time of final proving, five years later. -
Article Title: Nebraska History on Nebraska Territory: a Reader's Guide
Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: Nebraska History on Nebraska Territory: A Reader’s Guide Full Citation: James E Potter, “Nebraska History on Nebraska Territory: A Reader’s Guide,” Nebraska History 84 (2003): 162-175 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH2003NeTerritoryGuide.pdf Date: 9/07/2012 Article Summary: The author describes twenty-nine Nebraska History articles concerning the Nebraska Territory. Topics discussed include the Territorial System and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Government and Politics, Economic and Social Development, Land Acquisition and Agriculture, Indians and Indian Affairs, Military Affairs, and Prelude to Statehood. Cataloging Information: Names: Stephen A Douglas, Joseph E Johnson, George L Miller, Robert W Furnas, William S Harney Nebraska Place Names: Omaha, Nebraska City, Brownville, Columbus, Florence, Elkhorn Valley (Cuming County) Keywords: -
The Biggest Partner, the Federal Government and Sioux County, Nebraska
Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: The Biggest Partner, The Federal Government and Sioux County, Nebraska Full Citation: Francis Moul, “The Biggest Partner: The Federal Government and Sioux County, Nebraska,” Nebraska History 80 (1999): 150-165. URL of Article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/1999-Fed_Gov_Sioux.pdf Date: 1/20/2010 Article Summary: The federal government has invested significant resources in Sioux County since the treaties with the Lakota Sioux freed the land for Euro-American settlement. It has been the major partner in providing infrastructure funding for projects: large irrigation systems, small pipeline systems, relief aid, and restoration of the land. The Homestead Act and other land laws provided nearly free land to Sioux County settlers, and the 1902 National Reclamation Act began the important work of irrigating farmable acres. Federal farm commodity support