Oblinger Family

Mattie Oblinger
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Uriah, Mattie, and Ella Oblinger, 1874
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The Thomas Family
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Ella Oblinger
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Maggie, Ella, and Estella Oblinger
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Sod Houses

Building a Sod House
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The Chrisman Sisters
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The Shores Family
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Cutting Sod for a House
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Interior of a Sod House
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Dugout Sod House
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Isadore Haumont's Two-Story Sod House
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Collecting Buffalo and Cow Chips for Fuel
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Sod House Settlement by a Stream
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Gathering Water
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J.C. Cram Sod House
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Mattie

Letter from Mattie to her Family, May 19, 1873
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Letter from Mattie to her Family, June 16, 1873
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Letter from Mattie to her Family, April 25, 1874
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Uriah

Letter from Uriah to Mattie, March 9, 1873
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Letter from Uriah to Mattie, April 6, 1873
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Letter from Uriah to Mattie describing a terrible winter storm, April 18, 1873
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Letter from Uriah to Mattie, April 27, 1873
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Ella

Letter from Ella to her Grandparents, Jan. 12, 1880
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Giles

Giles Thomas' letter reporting Mattie's Death, Jan. 27, 1880
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Maps

Union Pacific Railroad Land Grant Map of Nebraska, 1880
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Cram's Railroad and Township Map of Nebraska, 1880
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Detail of map of Nebraska showing Fillmore County, 1880
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Documents

Homestead Act of 1862
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Uriah Oblinger's Fillmore County Land Grant
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Broadsides

Broadside Advertising "Million of Acres"
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Broadside Declaring Former Indian Territory Open for Settlement
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