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Elk Horn 1868 - 1918

Elk Horn 1868-1918 Cover Page

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Elk Horn's First 50 Years 1
In The 1880s 1-2
Chris Jensen--First Dane to Break Indian Creek Prairie 3
Elk Horn's First 50 Years
Indian Signs Reported - Farm Prices Quoted - Early Homes Described - Grasshoppers Steal Crop - Family Lives in Dugout - Grain Taken to Atlantic		 3
In the 1870s ... 4
First Danish Folk School in U.S. Built at Elk Horn - School Dedicated 5
Danes Organize Church - Kirkeberg Answers Call - Winter School Term Ends - Church "Firsts" Noted - The Hansens 6
Plat Map Published - School Term Opens - Kristian Anker Arrives 7
Church Dedicated - Pastor Kirkeberg Resigns 7
One Thief Shot - Another Hanged
Mob Takes One From Jail - Other Shot at EH Grove		 8
The First College 9
Kimballton ... 9
The Early Parsonage
McMahons Arrive - The 2nd College - Tells of Sea Passage - Businessmen Build - Petersen to Elk Horn		 10
New Church Started at Elk Horn
Church Buys School		 11
In the 1890s ... 12
Atlantic - Northern Rails Link A-EH-K Communities Danes' Railroad Completed During 1907-08 Holidays 13
Makes it Official
Railroad Receipts Counted - The Rattenborgs - Railroad Reorganized - Phone Manager Named		 14
World War 1 Takes Elk Horn Youth
Speak English Please . . . - In 1917 It Cost . . . 		15
Misc. - School, Telephone, Church, Baseball, Banks, Orphans' Home 16
1916 Elk Horn Business Directory 17


Transcribed and contributed by Cheryl Siebrass, June, 2022. Original pages were unnumbered, but have been numbered in order above.