Mrs. Laura B. PoundSecond and Sixth State Regent, Nebraska Society, Daughters of the AmericanRevolution. 1896-1897, 1901-1902

COLLECTION OF
NEBRASKA PIONEER
REMINISCENCES

ISSUED BY THE

NEBRASKA SOCIETY OF
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION

NINETEEN SIXTEEN


THE TORCH PRESS

CEDAR RAPIDS

IOWA

FORETHOUGHT

This Book of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences is issuedby the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nebraska,and dedicated to the daring, courageous, and intrepidmen and women—the advance guard of our progress—who,carrying the torch of civilization, had a vision ofthe possibilities which now have become realities.

To those who answered the call of the unknown we owethe duty of preserving the record of their adventuresupon the vast prairies of "Nebraska the Mother ofStates."

"In her horizons, limitless and vast
Her plains that storm the senses like the sea."

Reminiscence, recollection, personal experience—simple,true stories—this is the foundation of History.

Rapidly the pioneer story-tellers are passing beyondrecall, and the real story of the beginning of our greatcommonwealth must be told now.

The memories of those pioneers, of their deeds of self-sacrificeand devotion, of their ideals which are our inheritance,will inculcate patriotism in the children of thefuture; for they should realize the courage that subduedthe wilderness. And "lest we forget," the heritage ofthis past is a sacred trust to the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution of Nebraska.

The invaluable assistance of the Nebraska State HistoricalSociety, and the members of this Book Committee,Mrs. C. S. Paine and Mrs. D. S. Dalby, is most gratefullyacknowledged.

Lula Correll Perry
(Mrs. Warren Perry)
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