• Massacre Along the Medicine Road: A Social History of the Indian War of 1864 in Nebraska Territory - (Book - Amazon.com) : In August 1864, Cheyenne and Sioux warriors launched a series of raids on the "road ranches" along the California-Oregon Trail, in Nebraska Territory, killing, wounding, or capturing dozens of white settlers. Massacre along the Medicine Road details that violent summer, as seen through the eyes of the people who were the targets of the attacks. Ronald Becher spent more than seven years sifting through thousands of pages of documents, diaries and newspaper accounts from the period, to produce a fascinating and detailed snapshot of the people, events and their aftermath.
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• Wayne County, Nebraska, Newspaper Abstracts, 1876-1899 -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Contains: birth, marriage and death notices, suicides, homicides, crimes, data on merchants and businesses, election results, taxpayer lists, soldiers, school honor rolls, church and society info, county commissioner proceedings, court proceedings, and more. This book is also available at Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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