. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . eing the first merchant of Broken Bow,as well as its first postmaster. Wilson Hewitt had been elected county clerkthe fall previous, and had built a sod house near the proposed townsite, whichhe occupied as his office. The county treasurer, C. T. Crawford, and the countysuperintendent, D. M. Amsberry, occasionally held forth in the same buildingin the discharge of their respective duties. Soon after the townsite was laid(»ut the townsite promoters provided temporary frame buildings for the county
. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . eing the first merchant of Broken Bow,as well as its first postmaster. Wilson Hewitt had been elected county clerkthe fall previous, and had built a sod house near the proposed townsite, whichhe occupied as his office. The county treasurer, C. T. Crawford, and the countysuperintendent, D. M. Amsberry, occasionally held forth in the same buildingin the discharge of their respective duties. Soon after the townsite was laid(»ut the townsite promoters provided temporary frame buildings for the countyofficers. County Clerk Hewitt and County Judge J. S. Benjamin occupied aroom on the west side of the public square, and the county treasurer and thecounty superintendent a building on the east side. This arrangement wascontinued until the fall of 1884. when the county built a frame building largeenough to accommodate all four of the offices. The (luestion of relocating thecountv seat was an issue during the summer and fall, in which Broken Bow AND SHORT SKETCHES OF EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA. 193. First Printing House in Broken Bow. (The Republican) and Westerville were rivals. The county seat had been located previouslynear the South Lonp, bnt the site had never been occupied, as the countyrecords were always kept at the homes of the several county ofiicers. Thevictory inspired courage and many important battles have since been foughtand wnm by a combined effort of its citizens. The only change in county offi-cers up to this time was the election of Dr. K. C. Talbot as treasurer to suc-ceed C. T. Crawford, in the fall of 1883. One of the first houses built was asod building by R. H. Miller, on the corner where the Broken Bow State Banknow stands, which was used for the family residence and also for a printingoffice. Mr. Miller established the first newspaper of the town, The CusterCounty Republican. The first issue of the Republican was June 29, 1882. Thepaper is still published
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