 "The first pioneers in Wheeler County
settled along the Cedar River in the southwest corner of the
county. After Fort Hartsuff was built in 1874 and the problems
with Indians lessened, homesteaders quickly filled the remaining
open space. With hard work, a family on a quarter section of
land, with some livestock and a flock of chickens, could make
a good living."--- from Nebraska Our Towns--Ericson
edited by Jane Graff.
A number of villages came and went: Buffalo, pop 12 in 1890, Cedar City, Bliss, Deloit, Harrington, Newboro, Pibel, Sheridan, Walker, Bartlett, the county seat, is located on US Hwy 281, Cumminsville and Ericson are the only villages remaining. Read more History here |
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Wheeler County Courthouse
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Wheeler County Court House, County Clerk, Bartlett, NE 68622 NE RECORDS: The State registered births &
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FARMERS LIST and the BUSINESS LIST as close as we can get to an 1890 census for Wheeler County. |
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Tornadoes: 05/22/1975 - 04/12/1977 - 10/28/1998Blizzards: 01/17/1996 - 01/04/1997 |
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J.M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers, 1890 |
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Division of Library/Archives
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| 1885 Official State Atlas of Nebraska - Map of Garfield & Wheeler Counties (375k) |
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HC 61,Box 2 Spalding, NE 68665 |
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PHOTOGRAPHS
Oldtime Nebraska
Photo of
county commissioners, date & location not known.
Scan provided by Iris Uptain. Can you identify the men? Specify
the occasion?
"Headquarters,
Wheeler County, Neb." -
Scan of postcard provided by Nathan Huegel.
Photo
of N. H. Wilber M. D. Bartlett, Neb. -
Can you supply any information about him?
Loffer
Family and Loffer Garage
PLACES
Wheeler County places -
Including Vanished Communities
Wheeler County towns - history with photos
from "Nebraska ... Our Towns" (UNL)
Wheeler County Towns
- 1998 Towns and 1890 Towns
Town
of Bartlett
An Offsite Link
Sod House Photograph Collection-Wheeler County
The Town of Ericson
An Offsite Link
Place names in Wheeler County, NE
Please see: Nebraska Place Names, 1925 - University of
Nebraska, Lilian Linder Fitzpatrick.
An Offsite Link
Wheeler County Places on the National Historic
Register
An Offsite Link
WAR
1917-1918 Civilian Draft Registration Card for
Males in Wheeler County
An Offsite Link
Wheeler
County Deaths WWII
WILLS
GENEALOGY HELPERS
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USGenWeb Archive Search Engine, State-by-State
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American Memory Collection
Nebraska Health and Human Services (to order
vitals using credit card)
Search
the LDS website
The
Association for Gravestone Studies
Search
the DAR Library Catalog
Nebraska AGHP (American Genealogy and History
Project)
Where
to write for Nebraska Vital Records
Nebraska Facts - Blue Book
Inflation calculator
Nebraska
Library Commission (Electronic Library), their genealogy links list
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Wheeler County places - Including Vanished Communities |
Wheeler County Towns - 1998 Towns and 1890 Towns |
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Wheeler County is located in northeastern Nebraska.
It's neighbors are Holt County to the north,
Antelope
County to the northeast, Blaine County to the southeast, Greeley County to the south,
Valley
County to the southwest, and Garfield County to the west.
Antelope County to the northeast, Blaine County to the southeast, Greeley County to the south,
Valley County to the southwest, and Garfield County to the west.
About the NEGenWeb Project
NEGenWeb was formed in June 1996, when Dale Schneider created the Nebraska Genealogy Project as a part of the USGenWeb Genealogy Project. At that time, there was very little available on the web for those who were researching genealogy in Nebraska . Over the next year, volunteers were recruited to coordinate the web pages for each county. These volunteers were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the county web pages, which would include listing information on where to look in that county for genealogical research. Contact the volunteer shown on the county page if you have a desire to help or add your data to the database. You may notice a message on a county page indicating it is available for adoption. If you would like to adopt one of these counties, please contact the current coordinator of the page, whose name is listed on their county site, or the State Coordinator.
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