LEGEND OF CROW BUTTE 51 BY DR. ANNA ROBINSON CROSS LIFE ON THE FRONTIER 54 BY JAMES AYRES PLUM CREEK (LEXINGTON) 57 BY WILLIAM M. BANCROFT, M. D. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS 62 BY C. CHABOT RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF DAWSON COUNTY 64 BY MRS. DANIEL FREEMAN EARLY DAYS IN DAWSON COUNTY 67 BY LUCY E. HEWITT PIONEER JUSTICE 72 BY B. F. KRIER A GOOD INDIAN 74 BY MRS. CLIFFORD WHITAKER FROM MISSOURI TO DAWSON COUNTY 75 BY A. J. PORTER THE ERICKSON FAMILY 76 BY MRS. W. M. STEBBINS THE BEGINNINGS OF FREMONT 78 BY SADIE IRENE MOORE A GRASSHOPPER STORY 82 BY MARGARET F. KELLY EARLY DAYS IN FREMONT 84 BY MRS. THERON NYE PIONEER WOMEN OF OMAHA 90 BY MRS. CHARLES H. FISETTE A PIONEER FAMILY 93 BY EDITH ERMA PURVIANCE THE BADGER FAMILY 97 THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN FILLMORE COUNTY 102 PIONEERING IN FILLMORE COUNTY 107 BY JOHN R. MCCASHLAND FILLMORE COUNTY IN THE SEVENTIES 109 BY WILLIAM SPADE EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA 111 BY J. A. CARPENTER REMINISCENCES OF GAGE COUNTY 112 BY ALBERT L. GREEN RANCHING IN GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES 123 BY PETER JANSEN EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTY 127 BY MRS. E. JOHNSON BIOGRAPHY OF FORD LEWIS 129 BY MRS. (D. S.) H. VIRGINIA LEWIS DALBEY A BUFFALO HUNT 131 BY W. H. AVERY A GRASSHOPPER RAID 133 BY EDNA M. BOYLE ALLEN EARLY DAYS IN PAWNEE COUNTY 135 BY DANIEL B. CROPSEY EARLY EVENTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 137 BY GEORGE CROSS EARLY DAYS OF FAIRBURY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY 139 BY GEORGE W. HANSEN THE EARLIEST ROMANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 147 BY GEORGE W. HANSEN EXPERIENCES ON THE FRONTIER 152 BY FRANK HELVEY LOOKING BACKWARD 155 BY GEORGE E. JENKINS THE EASTER STORM OF 1873 158 BY CHARLES B. LETTON