This kerosene lamp was brought in by Ellen Mortensen. Mortensen purchased the lamp at her aunt's estate auction and found out that lamp had been passed down since her family arrived in Howard County, Nebraska, in the 1880s.
The photograph is of Minny Cudmoore and her students. They are outside of the sod school house. Minny Cudmoore was Jacob Walters granddaughter and was Wilma Lorson French's grandmother.
The Jacob Walter photograph was taken by Solomon Butcher sometime around 1887. The photograph features Jacob Walter's sod house, corn crib and wooden barn, all of which were built in 1883. The images also include Jacob Walter with his horse and…
This Corn Husk doll was created in the early 1900s in Custer County, Nebraska, and has been passed down through Donna Stewart's family through generations.
Warmer Cemetery records. The cemetery was established in 1879 by Irish families from Massachusetts in Western, Nebraska. The earliest burial dates back to 1871. The 2.47 acre cemetery records were passed down to Charles Harris who was the son of a…