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By Mary L. Maas

The boldest and bravest of pioneers headed west, by way of coated wagon and taking walks, to carve out new lives from verdant prairie sod, close to the riverbanks within the appealing Elkhorn Valley. French fur trappers referred to as the river Corne de Cerf, French for the �horn of the elk,� as a result of river and its tributaries akin to the antlers of a stag. It then turned referred to as the Elkhorn River. Catfish, bullheads, perch, and bass supplied a welcomed swap in sparse diets. right here settlers proven church buildings, colleges, and cities in a uncooked barren region the place Ponca, Omaha, Sioux, and Pawnee tribes lived. The prairie grasses fed herds of buffalo, elk, deer, and bighorn sheep. Coyotes, foxes, and wolves roamed in abundance. This land was once named Stanton County in honor of Edward M. Stanton, Abraham Lincoln�s ex�secretary of warfare. Germans, Scandinavians, Bohemians, and Canadians settled within the picturesque river valley and have been joined by way of settlers from Wisconsin and Virginia, in addition to the Hoosiers from Indiana.

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