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Oblinger Family | Sod Houses

Letters

Mattie | Uriah | Ella | Giles

Historical Documents

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Oblinger Family

Mattie Oblinger
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Letter from Uriah

Uriah, Mattie, and Ella Oblinger, 1874
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Letter from Uriah

The Thomas Family
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Letter from Uriah

Ella Oblinger
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Letter from Uriah

Maggie, Ella, and Estella Oblinger
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Letter from Uriah



Sod Houses

Building a Sod House
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Letter from Uriah

The Chrisman Sisters
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Letter from Uriah

The Shores Family
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Letter from Uriah

Cutting Sod for a House
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Letter from Uriah

Interior of a Sod House
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Letter from Uriah

Dugout Sod House
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Letter from Uriah

Isadore Haumont's Two-Story Sod House
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Letter from Uriah

Collecting Buffalo and Cow Chips for Fuel
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Letter from Uriah

Sod House Settlement by a Stream
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Letter from Uriah

Gathering Water
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Letter from Uriah

J.C. Cram Sod House
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Letter from Uriah



Mattie

Letter from Mattie to her Family, May 19, 1873
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Letter from Uriah

Letter from Mattie to her Family, June 16, 1873
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Letter from Uriah

Letter from Mattie to her Family, April 25, 1874
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Letter from Uriah



Uriah

Letter from Uriah to Mattie, March 9, 1873
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Letter from Uriah

Letter from Uriah to Mattie, April 6, 1873
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Letter from Uriah

Letter from Uriah to Mattie describing a terrible winter storm, April 18, 1873
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Letter from Uriah

Letter from Uriah to Mattie, April 27, 1873
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Letter from Uriah



Ella

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



Giles

Giles Thomas' letter reporting Mattie's Death, Jan. 27, 1880
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Letter from Uriah



Maps

Union Pacific Railroad Land Grant Map of Nebraska, 1880
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Letter from Uriah

Cram's Railroad and Township Map of Nebraska, 1880
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Letter from Uriah

Detail of map of Nebraska showing Fillmore County, 1880
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Letter from Uriah



Documents

Homestead Act of 1862
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Letter from Uriah

Uriah Oblinger's Fillmore County Land Grant
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Letter from Uriah



Broadsides

Broadside Advertising "Million of Acres"
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Letter from Uriah

Broadside Declaring Former Indian Territory Open for Settlement
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Letter from Uriah



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