HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1007.AM: E.B. Fowler
Letter: 1873
Cottonwood Springs, Lincoln County, Nebraska:
Size: One item
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of one letter dated July 26, 1873, from E.B. Fowler of Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska, to a Mrs. Barnes. Fowler describes his impressions of living in the sandhills and his feelings of loneliness. He describes an Indian attack and a water spout burst that resulted in the deaths of six men and twenty-eight horses. These occurrences happened while he was at Fort McPherson, Nebraska.
INVENTORY
Letter, E.B. Fowler to Mrs. Barnes, 1873
Subject headings:
Cottonwood Springs (Nebraska)
Fort McPherson (Nebraska) — History
Forts and fortifications — Nebraska
Fowler, E.B.
Lincoln County (Nebraska) — History
Military life
Revised TMM 07-15-2009
