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Plattsmouth Public Library, 401 Ave A, Plattsmouth, NE 68048 Phone 402-296-4154 Fax 402-296-4712 Volume 15 Issue 7 July 2016
Summer Reading Program Highlights
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Cra – Ring Toss Game Cra – Matching Game
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We celebrated International Picnic Day on June 24th, our first FF event.
Thank you No Frills Supermarket for dona ng the kits!
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Fic on Audiobooks And a er the fire by Belfer, Lauren Bay of Sighs by Roberts, Nora Come to the garden by Morgan, Jennifer Wilder Dishonorable inten ons by Woods, Stuart The curse of tenth grave by Jones, Darynda End of watch a novel by King, Stephen Des ny unleashed by Woods, Sherryl, author First comes love a novel by Giffin, Emily Die a stranger by Hamilton, Steve Foreign agent a thriller by Thor, Brad Dishonorable inten ons by Woods, Stuart A game for all the family by Hannah, Sophie The dream lover by Berg, Elizabeth The games by Pa erson, James Empire and honor by Griffin, W. E. B. The highwayman by Johnson, Craig End of watch by King, Stephen The house of secrets by Meltzer, Brad First comes love by Giffin, Emily Ink and bone by Unger, Lisa Foreign agent by Thor, Brad Modern lovers by Straub, Emma The game by King, Laurie R. The search by Fisher, Suzanne Woods The games by Pa erson, James Tom Clancy Duty and honor by Blackwood, Grant Garment of shadows by King, Laurie R. The wai ng by Fisher, Suzanne Woods The God of the hive by King, Laurie R. Non-Fic on The good lieutenant by Terrell, Whitney Decision at sea : by Symonds, Craig L. A good rogue is hard to find by Bowen, Kelly Finding me by Knight, Michelle Here's to us by Hilderbrand, Elin Grit by Duckworth, Angela The house of secrets by Meltzer, Brad The HR answer book by Smith, Shawn A. I let you go by Mackintosh, Clare The microbiome diet by Kellman, Raphael Ink and bone by Unger, Lisa No summit out of sight by Romero, Jordan Invincible summer by Adams, Alice Silent cry by Newton, Dorothy I've got my duke to keep me warm by Bowen, Kelly The Usborne illustrated dic onary of math by Large, Tori The language of bees by King, Laurie R. Valiant ambi on by Philbrick, Nathaniel A le er of Mary by King, Laurie R. Liberty's last stand by Coonts, Stephen Teen Fic on The murder of Mary Russell by King, Laurie R. Atlan a by Condie, Allyson Braithwaite North of nowhere by Hamilton, Steve Famous last words by Alender, Ka e Ordinary grace by Krueger, William Kent Flannery by Moore, Lisa Pirate king of suspense by King, Laurie R. The summer I saved the world-- in 65 days by Hurwitz, Rosalia's bi ersweet pastry shop by Chiofalo, Rosanna Michele Weber The second life of Nick Mason by Hamilton, Steve Swim that rock by Rocco, John Tom Clancy duty and honor by Blackwood, Grant Threatened by Schrefer, Eliot War hawk by Rollins, James Water walker by Dekker, Ted When we were sisters by Richards, Emilie The winner's curse by Rutkoski, Marie
Where it hurts by Coleman, Reed Farrel Video Woman of flames by Stokely, Kim 13 hours You're the Earl that I want by Bowen, Kelly The boy
Large Print Call the midwife. Season five 15th affair by Pa erson, James Eddie the Eagle The atomic weight of love by Church, Elizabeth J. The finest hours Betrayed by Sco oline, Lisa God's compass Bliss and the art of forever by Kent, Alison Gods of Egypt Blood on the water by Perry, Anne Grantchester. Season 2 City of secrets by O'Nan, Stewart Jus ce League vs. Teen Titans Fading starlight by Cushman, Kathryn London has fallen Con nued on page 5...
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...Con nued from page 4 Danger! Tiger crossing by Oliver, Lin My big fat Greek wedding. 2 Dash by Larson, Kirby Noble Duke by Larson, Kirby The perfect guy Eternity by de la Peña, Ma Ra er Frostborn by Anders, Lou Ride along 2 The Iron Empire by Dashner, James Risen Izzy Barr, running star by Mills, Claudia Toby Tyler Kelsey Green, reading queen by Mills, Claudia Triple 9 Life on mars by Brown, Jennifer The von Trapp family : a life of music Juvenile Graphic Novel The witch : a New England folktale Apollo by O'Connor, George Zootopia Big Nate by Peirce, Lincoln Non-Fic on video Hilo by Winick, Judd A.D : the Bible con nues. Snoopy : Contact! by Schulz, Charles M.
Easy Snoopy : party animal by Schulz, Charles M. An ambush of gers by Rosenthal, Betsy R. The truth about Stacey by Telgemeier, Raina The animals' ark by Dubuc, Marianne Woodstock, master of disguise by Schulz, Charles M.
Arc c white by Smith, Danna Juvenile Non-Fic on Can I tell you a secret? by Kang, Anna Clouds by Hall, Katharine Clara by McCully, Emily Arnold Emmanuel's dream by Thompson, Laurie Ann Cricket song by Hunter, Anne Flying frogs and walking fish by Jenkins, Steve Dare to repair! by Sollinger, Emily The scraps book by Ehlert, Lois Dory's sea of wonders A year on the farm by Unstead, Sue Fish by Walsh, Liam Francis Juvenile Video Frank and Lucky get schooled by Perkins, Lynne Rae American girl. Lea to the rescue Gaston by DiPucchio, Kelly Girlz 4 life Goldi Rocks and the three bears by Schwartz, Corey Rosen Jus ce League vs. Bizarro League The Goodnight Train by Sobel, June Lego Scooby-Doo. Haunted Hollywood Green lizards vs. red rectangles by Antony, Steve Lego star wars. Droid tales. Hensel and Gretel, ninja chicks by Schwartz, Corey Rosen Ida, always by Levis, Caron Ideas are all around by Stead, Philip Chris an A complete list of new titles can be found on our If you plant a seed by Nelson, Kadir website, www.plattsmouthlibrary.org, under New It takes teamwork! by Green, Margaret Titles. Job wanted by Bateman, Teresa The lion inside by Bright, Rachel Adopt-a-Book Lizard from the park by Pe , Mark Dishonorable inten ons by Woods, Stuart The moon's almost here by MacLachlan, Patricia The house of secrets by Meltzer, Brad
Juvenile Fic on Ink and bone by Unger, Lisa Annika Riz, math whiz by Mills, Claudia Batman by Wrecks, Billy In Memory of Gertrude Bri ain-Miller Behind enemy lines by Nielsen, Jennifer A. First come love by Giffin, Emily The best friend ba le by Eyre, Lindsay Big Nate blasts off by Peirce, Lincoln Ida, always by Lewis, Caron Cody Harmon, king of pets by Mills, Claudia The games by Pa erson, James
Page 6 Between the Pages July 2016 Mouth of the Platte Over Time
Harlan Seyfer, Plattsmouth National Historic District Historian
Descrip ons by early visitors to the mouth of the Pla e give us an impression of the changes as well as the consistent features surrounding the mouth of the Pla e over me. Not surprisingly, some of these descrip ons contradict each other, e.g. the color of the river water and the amount of growth. Nonetheless, they can be interes ng in comparison to our percep ons today. In 1714, the first Europeans to ascend the Missouri River and reach Pla e described it as an open prairie stretching about 2.75 miles along the Missouri immediately south of the Missouri-Pla e Confluence. Victor Collot, a French military officer who fought beside the Americans during the Revolu on, explored the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in 1795-96, taking extensive notes on distances and (interes ngly) for fica ons. His journal was published in 1805, the same year he died in Paris: [The Plate River (Collot’s spelling)] is as large as the Missouri, and runs with such rapidity, that oars and poles are insufficient to resist the current; the only mode of going up is by towing. But to use the towing-line, the waters must be low; and then this expedient is dangerous, on account of the quicksands, against which boats have some mes struck, and disappeared with the whole crew. These sands may be dis nguished, as we have already observed at a considerable distance, by their reflec ng surface, which is occasioned by the humidity of the soil and the ac on of the sun.
Collot was, in fact, arrested for spying by the Spanish when he arrived in New Orleans. People s ll enjoy deba ng what he was up to. When Lewis and Clark passed the Pla e on July 21, 1804, Lewis wrote (using his own unique spelling, capitaliza on and punctua on): the par cles of [the Pla e River’s] sand being remarkably small and light it is easily boied up and is hurried by this impetuous torrent in large masses from place to place in with irristable forse, collec ng and forming sandbars in the course of a few hours which as suddenly disapated to form others and give place perhaps to the deepest channel of the river. where it enters the Missouri it’s superior force changes and directs the courant of that river against it’s northern bank where it is compressed within a channel less than one third of the width it has just before occupyed. it does not furnish the Missouri with it’s colouring ma er as has been asserted by some, but it throws into it immense quan es of sand and gives a celerity to it’s courant of which it abatyes but li le un l it’s junc on with the Mississippy. The water of this river is turbid at all seasons of the year but is by no means as much so as that of the Missourie. The sediment it deposits, consists of very fine par cles of white sand while that of the Missoury is composed principally of dark rich loam – in much greater quan ty.
Following the boys’ intrepid expedi on, a number of learned men came up the Missouri and stopped long enough to record their impressions. One of these was Henry Brackenridge, a geographer-historian, who visited the confluence in 1811, no ng in his diary: At the mouth of [the Pla e] there is so great a number of bars and small islands, that its entrance is scarcely percep ble. It enters by a number of channels or mouths: the color of its waters is the same with that of the Missouri. The country hereabouts, is en rely open, excep ng in some spots along the river, where there are groves of co on-wood, and on the hills a few sca ered dwarf oaks.
Brackenridge con nued:
The river Pla e is regarded by the navigators of the Missouri as a point of as much importance, as the equinoc al line amongst mariners. All those who had not passed it before, were required to be shaved, unless they could compromise the ma er by a treat. Much merriment was indulged on the occasion. From this we enter what is called the Upper Missouri. Indeed the change is percep ble and great, for the open bare plains, now prevail. A close wood is not to be seen, but the face of the land so varied as to be pleasing and picturesque. Con nued on page 7..
Page 7 Between the Pages July 2016 Surgeon John Gale accompanied Colonel Atkinson to establish the fort on the Missouri, eventually named Fort Atkinson. Gale wrote in his journal on Sunday, September 26, 1819: The hills which have approached the Missouri on the south for the distance of ten miles below the Pla e near its mouth suddenly cease and the land becomes low. The current of the Pla e near its mouth is said to be more rapid than the Missouri and is at its mouth much intersected by sand bars.
Joseph Nicollet, with assistant (and future explorer) John C. Fremont, le St. Louis on the American Fur Company steamboat Antelope in April 1839. They were under contract with the U.S. government to map the Missouri River as far as Fort Pierre in today’s South Dakota. SUNDAY-MONDAY, APRIL 28-29, 1839. Our boat begins to feel the effects of the big Pla e River. Our river is clu ered with sandbanks and piles of wood. We do not reach the mouth of the long and beau ful Pla e un l nearly 1:00 in the a ernoon. The banks of rocks and sand and the islands at its mouth divide the river into two main branches approximately 3 miles apart when they flow into the Missouri. At least that is what we see right now, but one can easily imagine how different things must be when a flooded Missouri backs the Pla e upstream.
Father Pierre-Jean De Smet founded a mission to the Potwatomi Indians near today’s Council Bluffs in 1838. He was also a good friend of Nicollet, who taught him the rudiments of map making. De Smet drew several intriguing maps of the neighborhood of his mission along the river. The figure accompanying this ar cle is a por on of one of his 1839 maps showing the mouth of the Pla e with the Otoe and Missouri villages on both sides. He described an Indian village in a le er to his superior back in Rome: I wish I could give Your Paternity an idea of the architecture of an Indian village; it is as outlandish as their dancing. Imagine a great number of cabins and tents, made of the bark of trees, buffalo skins, coarse cloth, rushes and sods, all of a mournful and funereal aspect, of all sizes and shapes, some supported by one pole, others having six, and with the covering stretched in all the different styles imaginable, and all sca ered here and there in the greatest confusion, and you will have an Indian village.
A er Nebraska was made a territory in 1854, visitors were s ll impressed with the land. Edwin Curley, in his guidebook published in 1875, wrote: Pla smouth, the capital of Cass Father De Smet’s Map of the Mouth of the Pla e County, is … about two miles south of the mouth of the Pla e, and on the Missouri River. … The bluffs are here upwards of a hundred feet high, and the town is rather picturesquely situated among the hills and slopes, with a considerable sprinkling of young woodland around it. … There are abrupt bluffs along the Missouri, and generally on the river borders the surface is rough and the ravines deep and numerous and frequently more or less wooded. There is, in fact, a considerable amount of na ve mber. … The interior of the country is rolling or gently undula ng, and the soil almost everywhere is one of nearly inexhaus ble fer lity.
Curley’s guide was widely distributed by the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads for what may be obvious reasons: both had large land grants in Nebraska. (We may wish that we had a photograph of Curley, just to see if he lived up to his name.)
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