Precinct "N" (Township 9 North, Range 2 East)
Seward County, Nebraska
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History of "N" 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 125-126:
[Surnames: BAILY, BARTON, BLACKBURN, CAMPBELL, ENGLEHOUPT, FOSTER, JOHNSON, KEEN, LEZENBY, McCRACKEN, RICHARDSON, STALL, THOMPSON, TREMPER, WEST, WILSON]
"N" PRECINCT,
Part of the old historic ground of the county, is largely noticed in the valuable and instructive letter of Mr. Johnson, but there are some points that should be mentioned.This precinct at an early day was part of Walnut Creek precinct. W. J. Thompson was the first to settle and open a ranch on Walnut creek, in the fall of 1862. The Johnson family came in 1864, also David Barton and Samuel Englehoupt; and in 1865 the Campbells, the Wilsons, and McCrackens; and in 1869 and 1870 large numbers came—Irwin Stall, George Foster, S. C. Tremper, J. D. Blackburn, the Richardson family, and many others. The first school was taught by Miss Agnes Baily, now Mrs. C. West, at the school-house on David Bartin's [sic: Barton's?] farm in 1863, in what is district No. 3. The precinct has no village or post-office at present, but in the early days it had one at Walnut [p. 126] creek, called Welden, with S. G. Keen as postmaster, and at a later date one at Pittsburg. There was a town surveyed at Pittsburg in 1873, by Chris Lezenby [sic], where a peat deposit had been discovered, which for a time was thought to be of great importance, but its life was ephemeral.
"N" precinct is well situated so far as markets are concerned. The southern portion is very near and handy to Friend and Dorchester, the eastern part to Milford, the western portion to Beaver Crossing, and the northern portion is within easy reach of Goehner, and it is only from ten to twelve miles to the county seat.
The 1885 census gives the precinct 748 inhabitants and 134 farms, with five frame school-houses. There is splendid water-power, but as yet it remains unimproved. There are great numbers of very superior farms and orchards.
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