History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions . town. It was during this year that the country was devastated completely ofall its growing crops by the grasshopper scourge and he was ridiculed onall sides for plunging in a country so new and unsafe. His spirit wasundaunted, however, and in time he proved his faith in the country aswell founded. He engaged in the hardware business and established thefirst bank known as the Humboldt Bank in a frame building. He continuedin the banking business and later was the moving spirit in the organizationof the First Nati
History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions . town. It was during this year that the country was devastated completely ofall its growing crops by the grasshopper scourge and he was ridiculed onall sides for plunging in a country so new and unsafe. His spirit wasundaunted, however, and in time he proved his faith in the country aswell founded. He engaged in the hardware business and established thefirst bank known as the Humboldt Bank in a frame building. He continuedin the banking business and later was the moving spirit in the organizationof the First National Bank, of which he served as president for years. In1870 Mr. Samuelson erected the opera house, which seats five hundredpeople and later, in 1878, he constructed a part of the brick building onthe south side of the square. His success was rapid and substantial and hewas for manv years rated as one of the leading men in the county financially. CHURCHES OF HUMBOLDT. The churches of Humboldt are dealt with elsewhere in this workin the chapter on Churches of Richardson FIRST HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AT HUMBOLDT, NOW OWNED BY THEC. S. P. S., A BOHEMIAN SOCIETY.
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