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Item A-0282

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Contains 2 Results:

Elk Horn River Ferry, 1855

 Item — item: A-0282
Identifier: A-0282a
Scope and Contents

Black and white print of an engraving by Frederick Hawkins Piercy (1830-1891) depicting an encampment in the foreground and the ferry transporting a wagon in the background.

Dates: 1855

Amanda Lamin Grave Marker, undated

 Item — item: A-0282
Identifier: A-0282b
Scope and Contents

The grave marker of Amanda Lamin near the Platte River. Marker reads, "Amanda, consort of M. J. Lamin of Devonshire, Eng., born Feb 22, 1822, died June 23, 1850 of cholera. Husband is rumored to have walked 200 miles alone to Ft. Kearney to aquire a stone for the marker.

Dates: undated