SEWARD COUNTY REMINISCENCES 255 COMPILED BY MARGARET HOLMES CHAPTER D. A. R. PIONEERING 263 BY GRANT LEE SHUMWAY EARLY DAYS IN STANTON COUNTY 266 BY ANDREW J. BOTTORFF AND SVEN JOHANSON FRED E. ROPER, PIONEER 268 BY ERNEST E. CORRELL THE LURE OF THE PRAIRIES 272 BY LUCY L. CORRELL SUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKA 275 _Statement by Mrs. Gertrude M. McDowell_ 275 _Statement by Lucy L. Correll_ 277 AN INDIAN RAID 279 BY ERNEST E. CORRELL REMINISCENCES 281 BY MRS. E. A. RUSSELL REMINISCENCES OF FORT CALHOUN 284 BY W. H. ALLEN REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 286 BY MRS. EMILY BOTTORFF ALLEN REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE AT FORT CALHOUN 288 BY MRS. N. J. FRAZIER BROOKS REMINISCENCES OF DE SOTO 289 BY OLIVER BOUVIER REMINISCENCES 290 BY THOMAS M. CARTER FORT CALHOUN IN THE LATE FIFTIES 293 BY MRS. E. H. CLARK SOME ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY 295 BY MRS. MAY ALLEN LAZURE COUNTY-SEAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 298 BY FRANK MCNEELY THE STORY OF THE TOWN OF FONTENELLE 299 BY MRS. EDA MEAD THOMAS WILKINSON AND FAMILY 305 NIKUMI 307 BY MRS. HARRIETT S. MACMURPHY THE HEROINE OF THE JULES SLADE TRAGEDY 322 BY MRS. HARRIETT S. MACMURPHY THE LAST ROMANTIC BUFFALO HUNT ON THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA 326 BY JOHN LEE WEBSTER OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, D. A. R. 333 BY MRS. CHARLES H. AULL ILLUSTRATIONS MRS. LAURA B. POUND _Frontispiece_ OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT NEAR LEROY, NEBRASKA 18 OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT ON THE NEBRASKA-WYOMING STATE LINE 18 MRS. ANGIE F. NEWMAN 22 DEDICATION OF MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE OREGON TRAIL AT KEARNEY, NEBRASKA 27 MRS. ANDREW K. GAULT 50 MONUMENT MARKING THE OLD TRAILS, FREMONT, NEBRASKA 78 MRS. CHARLOTTE F. PALMER 90 MRS. FRANCES AVERY HAGGARD 127 OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT NEAR FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA 139 MRS. ELIZABETH C. LANGWORTHY 155