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Pioneer Log Cabin Musem
In 1940, the Loup County Historical Society was formed. According to the September 19, 1940, Taylor Clarion an orginizational meeting was held at Mrs. Kitty Harvey's with 17 charter members in attendance. The first elected officers were: Anna Jarvis, President; Frank Hubbard, Vice President; Marcia C. Smith, Secretary; Laura Clemens, Treasurer; and Thurman A. Smith, Historian. Mr. Smith, longtime publisher of the Clarion, was instrumental in the Society and its greatest accomplishment, the Pioneery Log Cabin Musem.
Plans for the Musem were underway in 1941 and by the mid 1940's, it was completed. Much of the labor in constructing the cabin was volunteer. Various families connected with the early settlers of Loup County furnished or purchased logs for the building. Other persons donated trees, shrubs, and plants for landscaping around the cabin. Countless others donated or loaned articles for exhibit inside.
Some of the original donors included: Samuel G. Sears, Wayne Cook, John R. Ferguson, Sam Hesselgesser, Kitty Harvey, William D. Dunbar, Nettie J. Evans, Walter Worth, Mrs. Robert Rusho, Jacquetta McMasters, Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Holmes, Althea Wiley, Mrs. Messersmith, William S. and Joe Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fletcher, John Dunbar, George W. Abbott, Mike Laughran, Bohy Brothers, Oscar Bowley, Ross Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hubbard, Mrs. Ralph Rose, Eva Skiles, Sarah Britton, Lillian Wirsig, Ella Gurnsey-Donaldson, Phoebe Corell, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Strohl, Thomas Moore, Lem Britton, Ella Harlan, Robert Parkins, Martha Corrick, Otto Clay, Carl and Steve Copp, Jacob Strohl, Jack Parkins, L.A. Ruppel, Clara Cole, James Starke, Robert Wiley, William Stevens, Mrs. C.D. Shipley, Fred E. Replogle, and H.R.Brown.
A few of the current members of the Loup County Historical Society are Carl Christensen, President, Grace Strohl; Orpha Brockman; and Lila Goos.
By Terry Harris
transcribed by: Melody Beery
source: Loup County Centennial Book 1883-1983
Loup County Historical Society Meetings:
Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month
unless advertised differently.
There is no regular meeting during the month of December.
Special Events hosted by the Society include:
A Christmas Gala is held the first Monday of December;
In June the Society host a caravan tour to some part of Loup County;
July 4th the Society host a community appreciation Ice Cream Social.
2010 LOUP COUNTY CARAVAN
FINAL CARAVAN TOUR EDUCATES, PLEASES!!
ABOUT 75 PARTICIPANTS IN ALL TOOK PART IN THE FINAL LOUP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CARAVAN TOUR ON MONDAY JUNE 7, 2010. COORDINATOR AND GUIDE, MELVIN HYDE WAS ABLY ASSISTED BY ROBERT CHRISTENSEN OF TAYLOR AS A SPOKESMAN ON THE TOUR TO THE KENT AND HARVEY NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH AND EAST OF TAYLOR. LOMA AND DARREL JOHNSON HOSTED A MUCH APPRECIATED MID-AFTERNOON REST STOP AT THEIR FARM. OVER 50 CAME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AFTERWARDS TO PARTAKE IN THE POTLUCK SUPPER.
MELVIN'S 116 PAGE TOUR BOOK DID A BRISK BUSINESS, NEARLY SELLING OUT THAT DAY. SINCE ALL PARTS OF LOUP COUNTY HAVE NOW BEEN TOURED AND DOCUMENTED IN THE PAST 20 SOME YEARS, THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE CARAVAN TOURS OF THIS NATURE BY THE SOCIETY, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN VISITED TWICE. ON THE 7TH, THE ATTENDEES HAILED FROM LINCOLN, NORFOLK, GRAND ISLAND, AURORA, ST. PAUL, ERICSON, ORD, COMSTOCK, SARGENT, AND OF COURSE, BURWELL, ALMERIA AND TAYLOR.
ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO ATTENDED, THERE WERE ABOUT 20 VEHICLES IN THIS YEARS CARAVAN. SEVERAL KENT SCHOOL ALUMNI AND ONE FORMER PUPIL AND TEACHER, MARILYS PETERS SEARS, WERE ON HAND FOR THE TRIP. SOME OF THE HOMESTEADS AND SITES VISITED INCLUDED, THE VOLF FARM, LATER NEKUDA; THE NEWBECKER FARMSTEAD; ODISE W. MCINTIRE (BLEACH) PLACE; ISAAC STOVER; WILLIAM BURNS (OFTEN CALLED THE FRED BOHY PLACE); DONNA M. HARVEY HOMESTEAD (LATER LEWIS, SORENSEN); EDWARD TAYLOR (HOME OF THE OLDEST FRAME HOUSE IN LOUP COUNTY); KENT CEMETERY; DAVID GARD (CARTER-BOHY-EMERTON); KENT VILLAGE SITE; GEORGE F. MOORE (NOW DUANE AND PEG SCHNEIDER'S); BROMWICH CANYON LODGE (URIAH BROMWICH HOMESTEAD); URIAH BROMWICH 80 IN LOUP COUNTY (AVA HASTERT'S); NATHAN W. HARPER (NOW DARRELAND LOMA JOHNSON); ISAAC COURT (SCHNEIDER-DUNBAR); KENT SCHOOL SITE; JOSIAH H. LUKE (ZIEGLER); SYLVESTER A. MOON (GARSKA-PLUGGE); CURTIS HOLLOPETER(LATER GRAHAM, NOW GERALD AND JOAN FERGUSON); JAMES HARVEY (GREG AND MICHAELA BROWN TODAY); AND ROBERT B. DAUGHTY (STANEK).
THE HARVEY DISTRICT #9 HAS THE DISTICNTION OF BEING THE FIRST IN LOUP COUNTY TO CONDUCT A SCHOOL TERM, IN 1876. ROSE HARVEY WAS THE FIRST TEACHER. AT THAT TIME , LOUP COUNTY WAS UNORGANIZED. KENT HAS ALWAYS HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING LOUP COUNTY'S OLDEST SETTLEMENT AND LOCATION OF THE FIRST, TEMPORARY COUNTY SEAT UNTIL TAYLOR WON THE ELECTION LATER IN 1883. KENT THRIVED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH A DOZEN OR MORE BUSINESSES. ALAS THERE ARE NO KNOWN EXISTING PICTURES SHOWING ANY KENT VILLAGE SCENES OF BUSINESS.
SOURCE: BURWELL TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010 EDITION
TRANSCRIBED BY: MELODY BEERY
2008 CARAVAN TOUR
The 22nd annual Loup County Caravan was held June 2, 2008
The 2008 Itinerary was the Taylor School District
This was a very exciting caravan with 23 different places visited.
#1 The original Joseph and Josephine Rusho homestead of 1877
#2 The Anthony Rusho homestead of 1881
#3 The Henry Adams homestead of 1888
#4 Thomas Croughwell Homestead of 1883
#5 The Walter S. Campbell homestead of 1886
#6 Nancy O. Johnson homestead of 1897
#7 Building site of part of the N.O. Johnson homestead
#8 The Taylor Cemetery
#9 Rest Stop at the Loup County Community Center in Taylor
#10 Thomas W. & Mary Williams homestead. This home is on Register of Historic Places and is an AKSARBEN honor farm.
#11 H.A. Snow homestead of 1888
#12 Corner Stop Enterprises
#13 George W. Merrill homestead of 1887
#14 The William H. Farr homestead of 1887
#15 The Lyman Lydall homestead of 1884
#16 The David Scott homestead of 1886
#17 The Gilbert O'Brien homestead of 1884
#18 The Ida Britton homestead of 1887
#19 The Caleb Jeffers homestead
#20 The Stephen Fay homestead of 1892
#21 The John M. Sinner homestead of 1885
#22 Home of Shelia Peters & Sall Hoepker
#23 Part of the Melissa Murry homestead
Source: The Taylor #5 Tour 2008 compiled by: Melvin Hyde
If you are interested in purchasing material from the Historical Society please contact:
Kevin Brown
kevbrown@esu10.org
or
Loup County Historical Society
P.O. Box 102
Taylor, Nebraska 68879
If you are in need of someone doing look-ups for you in Loup County please contact:
Kevin Brown
kevbrown@esu10.org
or
Loup County Historical Society
P.O. Box 102
Taylor, Nebraska 68879
The ice cream social that was hosted by the Historical Society at the Loup County Log Cabin Musem in July
was attended by Ardis James and husband Bob, from Chappaqua, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. James have donated 1,000 quilts to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The. James's told how they came to the conclusion that this would be the best place for their extensive collection of quilts to be housed. It was a very interesting evening and enjoyed by everyone present.
If you are ever in Lincoln please take the time to stop by the International Quilt Study Center, located on the East campus of the University at 33rd and Holdrege to see this magnificient display of quilts.
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