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Early in Jewell County history, there was discussion on the matter of what to name Town 1 South Range 8 West in Jewell County. Two suggestions were Kleveland and Norway as K. O. Kleveland, from Norway, was an early settler. But another suggestion was Harrison, after one of the two earliest setters in the township, George Harrison. The name Harrison prevailed. The readers of the August 27, 1877, Jewell County Monitor learned about a "new" post office. That post office was Harrison and it was to...
Yes, it is a story – with many starting places. Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Virginia and Cornwall, England to name a few. One beginning was in 1867, when Civil War Veteran Ogden Norman Greene left Oswego County, New York and headed west to Iowa. He had already seen the southern part of the United States during the war. His unit, Company F of the 110th New York Infantry, had been sent to New Orleans and spent the war in Louisiana and Florida. The George family had headed west from N...
This issue of the Jewell County Record is generally full of the news of graduations, alumni events and Memorial Day ceremonies. This year it is not the case. In honor of graduates, commencements, alumni and Jewell’s Sesquicentennial here is an edition of “Jewell- We’ve Got a Story to Tell”! A report was given in the June 10, 1887, edition of the Jewell County Republican of the “First Annual Commencement of the Jewell City Public Schools.” This, according to the “2011 Directory of Jewell County Alumni” by Karen Ross, was the first graduatin...
The Mayview Christian Church, often called Mayview Church or in later years simply Mayview, was located in Jewell County's Brown's Creek Township, Section 17. The church was in existence for more than 75 years. It was a community church with the membership coming from the area farms. As Jim Nelson, who attended Mayview with his Russell grandparents, noted "There were more people around then." Farms were closer together and people "didn't travel far." Names associated with the church were...
Bill Loomis, Jarrett Arasmith, Grant Arasmith, Darica Bohnert Hagler, Damon Bohnert, Deb Moyer Bohnert, Becky Moyer Cockroft, Jessie Simmelink Eilert, Jensen Eilert, Jada Eilert, Marsha Willmeth Bartsch, Kenny Garst, Steve McIntyre, Marsha McIntyre Slate, Billi Loomis Arasmith, the Matt and Adam Loomis families, along with Kathleen Loomis Little give you all a shout out: "Jewell – We've Got A Story To Tell"! They and many others in the county have a story that begins with the same two persons ...
Jackson Township is the northeastern most township in Jewell County. Nebraska borders it on the north and Republic County's Big Bend Township borders it on the east. Sections one, two and three of the township are cut off from the rest of Jewell County by a bend in the Republican River. But somewhere in that small area there existed the Big Bend Post Office. The post office was in existence from June 21, 1871 to March of 1875. Big Bend is noted on two historical maps. On the 1878 map of Jewell C...
"Jewell – We've Got A Story To Tell" and one story is about the house on the southeast corner of Main and Sheridan. It is thought to be the oldest house in the community. Records and newspaper items point to it being built in 1884 by J. S. and Susan Wise Fisher. The Fisher's were from Rock Grove, Ill., and moved to Jewell around 1883. The Fisher's first visit to Jewell was recorded in the Sept. 8, 1882 Jewell County Republican. He and his wife, in the company of a sister, brother and s...
A clipping from “The Randall Enterprise,” Sept. 15, 1923 When I was a young man of 25, I came with a party of friends overland in three wagons from Iowa to Kansas. We arrived and camped near a creek east of Jewell on April 5, 1871. After looking over the land, I chose a homestead in the Star neighborhood. After my payment of $14.50 for homestead rights, I had $16 in money left. That spring, I broke two acres of sod which I planted to corn. It produced about 20 bushel per acre. I also built a dugout. Wages were 75 cents a day. I spent my fir...
1 Years Ago April 22, 1920 One hundred, ninety students took the eighth grade examinations held, but only 53 had passing grades. This was not quite as good a record as the eighth graders the year before. Many of those trying, failed in one or two subjects. It was hoped there would be at least 100 graduates from the rural schools. The minimum grade is 60, and the minimum average 75 percent. Ex-senator William Dysart and Mrs. Mary A. Dysart of Superior, were married by Judge Brown. The bride was the widow of a brother of the bridegroom. The rec...
The home at 518 Broadway in Jewell, the "Plowman" house was built in 1901 by Edgar and Emma Haskins Young. The 119-year old home is currently owned by Jason and Jessie Eilert. The builder and first owner, Edgar Young, came to Jewell County from Livingston, Ill. Clippings from local newspapers indicate he was teaching in county schools by 1887. A younger brother joined him in Jewell County in the late 1890s but the majority of his family remained in the Livingston, Ill. area. The Haskins family...
Peter Kearns is reported to have been the only settler to stay for the winter of 1869-70 in Jewell County. The Kearns homestead was located somewhere along White Rock Creek. Kearns, born in France, lived the rest of his life in Jewell County in the Webber area. As a Civil War veteran, he was part of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Post there. He died in 1901 and is buried in the Webber Cemetery. It was in the Spring of 1870, especially in the month of April, when settlers started arriving in groups in the area around the future site of...
A 100-year-old landmark barn is no more. On Saturday, the octagonal built Judy Barn was disposed of. It will no longer be a landmark for travelers making their way along Highway 36. For Jewell County residents, it was a historical landmark that reminded them of another time. Located between Mankato and Montrose, this barn was rich in local history and the history of four generations of the Judy family. It all began with Alexander Judy. He was raised in Missouri but longed to become a cowboy and...
Ninety years ago the opening of a new hotel in downtown Superior was the big news of the week. At that time the new hotel was a vast improvement over other lodging accommodations available in Superior. With five railroads lines regularly bringing passengers to Superior, the lodging business was big business here in 1930 and the new hotel was a welcome addition. Today only two of those hotel structures survive. Neither are open for overnight guests. Both the Union and Nebraskan hotel buildings have been adapted for other uses. The Union, built...
Superior's first real airplane tragedy occurred at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon when a Lincoln-Page three passenger biplane owned and piloted by August Wahlen of Edgar and carrying three Superior passengers, developed motor trouble in the air and crashed into south Converse Street fatally injuring the pilot and rendering various injuries to the passengers, the exact extents of which are not, as yet, fully ascertainable. Wahlen, twenty-five years old, son of Alfred Wahlen, living four miles north...
Located at 200 Delaware, south of Jewell's Maag Park, is a little stone building with a rich history. John Calvin Postlewaite, for whom Calvin township is named, saw the need for a bank and set about to establish the first bank in Jewell County on this site. He had been in business for 10 years and was noted as a first-class bookkeeper and accountant. He was said to be honest, industrious, and had as his motto, "punctuality and dispatch." Construction of the rustic appearing stone structure...
For those who don't know, Omio was a Jewell County town located in Vicksburg and Grant townships. It centered around what is today the intersection of Omio Road (270 Road) and M Road about 3 miles south of Formoso. Though the town flourished during the 1880s, it is now relegated to brief mentions in historical books and the memories of a few. Omio was founded in May of 1877 as the town of Huron. Land records in the Jewell County Courthouse show the original townsite was purchased by two men name...
In June 1931, Ionia had a newspaper, The Ionia Booster, published in Glen Elder every Friday. Perry Betz was editor. The subscription price was $1. Among the front page stories was one telling how the Ionia baseball team defeated Lebanon 3—2. Members on the team had the names of Applebee, Loomis, A. Hull, E. George, Cline, Smith, Wilson, D. Kennedy and E. Hull. Ruth Alcorn and Wesley Ruth were engaged and there was to be a band concert in the new band stand located in the community park. Advertisers were Loomis Hardware, Collie’s Store, Jam...
