BURT COUNTY MUSEUM

BOOKS AND BOOKLETS FOR SALE AT THE BURT COUNTY MUSEUM STORE

 

1854-1954 TEKAMAH CENTENNIAL, reprint, 214 pages, history of Tekamah and area, soft cover

A TIME TO SPEAK, 1995, by Beverly J. Lydick and Janell R. Carson, Personal stories of WW II from Washington and Burt county; 146 pages and 42 photographs.

BORN TO HUNT, 1995, Experiences from childhood to the present as told by commercial hunter, Ralph Kohler of Tekamah. A delightful book, 180 pages, hard cover.

BURT COUNTY ATLAS, 1884. Maps of the townships with owner's names are on the sections shown in the maps; includes a directory of names of the farmers and businessmen; 26 pages; photocopy

BURT COUNTY ATLAS, 1909. Maps of the townships,with owners' names, many ads of the local business; 34 pages, photocopy

BURT COUNTY ATLAS, 1930. Maps of the townships, with owners' names, many ads of local businesses; 16 pages photocopy

CRAIG CEMETERY BOOK, 1993, All available information for over 1,320 burials in the Craig, Nebraska Cemetery, copies from the gravestones and from cemetery records to Sept. 25, 1993. Spiral bound, soft cover. Compiled and indexed by Velma Cooper

HISTORY OF BURT COUNTY, reprint of 1929 history, rich in biographies and photos. 284 pages, softbound

IN ALL ITS FURY(The Blizzard of 1888), by W.H. O'Gara. Stories of experiences in the 1888 blizzard in the State of Nebraska, includes several stories of Burt Countians in that storm. 343 pages, soft cover.

THE LIFE, TIMES, AND CRIMES OF BURT COUNTY, NEBRASKA BEFORE 1900, by Lee Deman of Decatur, Nebraska. Explores the lives of early Burt County residents, the good times and the bad. Hardbound, 402 pages.

MIDWEST MESSENGER PHOTO ALBUM, BOOK 1, Pictures from the front page of the Messenger from 1972-1985 with short stories about the photos. Published at Tekamah, Nebraska.

MIDWEST MESSENGER PHOTO ALBUM, BOOK 2, companion to book 1. Pictures from the front page of the Messenger from 1985-1992 with short stories about the photos. Published at Tekamah, Nebraska.

MILES MARYOTT, HIS LIFE AND TIMES, by Shirley A. Sullivan of Oshkosh, Nebraska. He was born in Tekamah, Nebraska in 1871; was part of a pioneer Nebraska family, who homesteaded near Decatur; moved as a small boy to Cozad later to Oshkosh, Nebraska. Maryott was an artist, taxidermist and a professional baseball player. Passed away in 1939. 94 pages, Published in 1996

ORIGIONAL LAND TRANSFERS OF NEBRASKA, Sub-title: "How the West Was Almost Given Away", by Russel Lang of Craig, NE. Tells the many methods people used to obtain land from the federal government from 1857- 1910. Hardbound, 400 pages, 80 illustrations

PERKEY'S PLACE NAMES by Elton A. Perkey, 1995, published by Nebraska State Historical Society, 227 pages, soft cover. Names of places in each of Nebraska's counties are alphabetized under the county name, with explainations of the origin of each place names.

STORY OF AN OLD TOWN, By A. P. DeMilt, reprint of 1902 book. DeMilt's lively writing, with his familiarity with local lore portays early Nebraska and Burt county, especially the "Old Town" of Decatur. 192 pages, softbound, every-name index added by Velma Cooper

THE CONTINUED "STORY OF AN OLD TOWN" Decatur, NE by John A. Byram and Lee Deman. Publication fills the gap since the 1902 efforts of A. P. DeMilt. Hard cover, 414 pages (indexed), numerous photos.

TEKAMAH (NOTEWORTHY MEN OF TEKAMAH AND VICNITY). Reprint of 1903 book by Ott brothers, publishers; biogrphies and photographs of 164 local men. Soft cover, 192 pages.

 

Contact for price of book, postage & handling fees:
BURT COUNTY MUSEUM
P. O. BOX 125
TEKAMAH, NE 68061-0125
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Email: burtcomuseum@huntel.net
Phone: 402-374-1505

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