Early Settlers
The name of the first settler in the North Loup Valley.
Who is Charles H. Jones.
The name of the Native American tribe that raided settlers and the Ponca.
What is the Lakota Sioux.
This allowed Richard McClimans to acquire more land.
What is the Timber Act of 1873.
The purpose of the North Loup Project.
What is flood control and irrigation.
In 1887, the Lincoln & Black Hills Railroad laid track from Central City to Burwell with the plan to build more track to reach this state.
What is South Dakota.
The names of the second and third settlers in the North Loup Valley.
Who are Truman Freeland and Thomas McClimans.
The name of the fight between the Sioux and settlers on January 18, 1874.
What is the Pebble Creek Fight.
The year Richard McClimans filed a timber claim.
What is 1875.
The year the North Loup Project was completed.
What is 1986.
Truman Freeland and Newt McClimans were doing this when the storm hit.
What is bathing in the river.
The name given to the place of the first settler.
What is Jones Canyon.
The name of the military fort that was built after the conflict with the Lakota Sioux and the year it was built.
What is Fort Hartsuff; 1874.
The year part of the McClimans' timber claim was donated to the Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ.
What is 1960.
The source of the Calamus River.
What is spring fed Moon Lake.
The name of the first post office and where it was located.
What is the Forks.
The month and year the first settler arrived in the North Loup Valley.
What is November of 1872.
The name of the skirmish of 1876 between the settlers and the Sioux that ended in the death of Sergeant Dougherty.
What is The Battle of the Blowout.
What is Kamp Kaleo.
The origin of the name for the Calamus River.
What is a native marsh plant.
The name of the European settler who first explored the Calamus Valley in 1796.
Who is James Mackay.
The name and dates of one of the worst storms in Nebraska history during first settlement in the North Loup Valley that struck without warning.
What is the Easter Blizzard of 1873 that occurred from April 13-April 17, 1873.
The name of the settler killed in the Pebble Creek Fight.
Who is Marion Littlefield.
True or False. Some of the trees located at the camp are survivors of the original timber claim?
What is true.
The length of the Calamus River in miles and the number of miles of shoreline.
What is 10 miles and 36 miles of shoreline.
The year the last train left Burwell and what caused the railroad to go away.
What is 1983; what is automobiles and other means of transportation.