Precinct "J" (Township 10 North, Range 3 East)
Seward County, Nebraska
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History of "J" in History of Seward County, Nebraska by W. W. Cox, 1888The following article is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska, 1888, Chapter VI, pages 122-123:
[Surnames: HORTON, LONG, MORGAN, NEIHARDT, REYNOLDS, ROGERS]
"J" PRECINCT.
A Mr. Horton, Daniel Morgan, and his two sons, Louis and Thomas, were the first to make permanent settlement near where Ruby station now stands. They claim to have located in 1858, but of the correctness of this there is doubt. Evidently they were the first that made permanent homes on the North Blue in this county. Job T. Reynolds, J. C. Neihardt, Thomas L. Rogers, and Samuel Long settled in 1863. Mr. Rogers and wife have been dead many years. Mr. Long died in the early part of last year.Blue river runs centrally through the precinct, and furnishes excellent water-powers, but there are none of them improved at this time.
According to the census reports there are 776 inhabitants, with 149 farms. They have no village, but a railroad station with a store, two elevators, and a post-office, Ruby. They have six miles of railroad and five good school-houses. They have excellent land and good farms, and are very handy to the city. They rank third in [p. 123] number of farms in the county. An excellent precinct with many advantages, although no thriving village. It seems impracticable to make a town in a precinct that nearly reaches both the city and Milford, and where thirty minutes drive will reach either of them.
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