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Title: In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852

Author: Gilbert L. Cole

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Language: English

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In the Early Days Along the Overland Trail in
Nebraska Territory, in 1852.

BY

GILBERT L. COLE,

1905.

COMPILED BY MRS. A. HARDY.

Press of
FRANKLIN HUDSON PUBLISHING COMPANY,
KANSAS CITY, MO.

[Illustration: GILBERT L. COLE.]

COPYRIGHT, 1905,
BY GILBERT L. COLE,
BEATRICE, NEB.

TESTIMONIALS.

A true story plainly told, of immense historical value and fascinating
interest from beginning to end.

DR. GEO. W. CROFTS,
Beatrice, Nebraska.

I have read every word of "In the Early Days," written by Mr. Gilbert L.
Cole, with great interest and profit. The language is well chosen, the
word-pictures are vivid, and the subject-matter is of historic value.
The story is fascinating in the extreme, and I only wished it were
longer. The story should be printed and distributed for the people in
general to read.

July 27, 1905.
C. A. FULMER,
_Superintendent of Public Schools_,
Beatrice, Neb.

At a single sitting, with intense interest, I have read the manuscript
of "In the Early Days." It is a very entertaining narrative of
adventure, a vivid portrayal of conditions and an instructive history of
events as they came into the personal experience and under the
observation of the writer fifty-three years ago. An exceedingly valuable
contribution to the too meager literature of a time so near in years,
but so distant in conditions as to make the truth about it seem
stranger than fiction.

REV. N. A. MARTIN,
_Pastor, Centenary M. E. Church_,
Beatrice, Neb.

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 28, 1905.

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