Grand Island and Hall County
Grand Island and Hall County

Author: Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780738541440

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Grand Island and Hall County, settled by German immigrants in 1857, benefited from the diversification that the railroad and western immigrants brought to central Nebraska. Their stories, captured in these images, are the stories of the heart and soul of America. Located in the Platte River valley, Grand Island and Hall County have long served as a gateway to the West. Thousands of western immigrants traveling the California-Overland and Mormon Trails purchased their supplies from the many road ranches scattered across Hall County. The Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Grand Island on July 8, 1866, and brought with it growth and prosperity. Grand Island swiftly evolved from a prairie town to a railroad city. From the sugar beet factory to the world's second-largest horse and mule market, business and industry flourished, and the people of Hall County reaped the benefits.

The Hanssen Family
The Hanssen Family

Author: Amy Peirce

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578789064

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Johannes "J.M." Hanssen (1864-1952) was a man of adventure, a musician, a prolific note-keeper, a risk-taker, an early-day ecologist, and a visionary. Among his daybooks, ledgers and other documents, one is able to glean information about his and his family's life as German immigrants, early-day settlers in Nebraska, farmers and stock raisers in Hall County, and hunters of the Great Plains. The manuscript was prepared using the writings of J.M. Hanssen as well as other materials collected by the Hanssen family over the last 140 years. The Germans of Hall County were a close-knit group; and, as such, historical information about the Neubert, Hein, Thiessen, Sass, Stolley, Blunk and other families from Schleswig-Holstein who settled in the Platte River valley of central Nebraska are incorporated throughout the story.

Grand Island and Hall County
Grand Island and Hall County

Author: Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2007-04

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531625016

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Grand Island and Hall County, settled by German immigrants in 1857, benefited from the diversification that the railroad and western immigrants brought to central Nebraska. Their stories, captured in these images, are the stories of the heart and soul of America. Located in the Platte River valley, Grand Island and Hall County have long served as a gateway to the West. Thousands of western immigrants traveling the California-Overland and Mormon Trails purchased their supplies from the many road ranches scattered across Hall County. The Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Grand Island on July 8, 1866, and brought with it growth and prosperity. Grand Island swiftly evolved from a prairie town to a railroad city. From the sugar beet factory to the world's second-largest horse and mule market, business and industry flourished, and the people of Hall County reaped the benefits.