ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish to thank each and every wonderful person who spent many hours gathering and identifying vintage photographs for this book, such as museum curators and board members Judy Brezina, Jim Krzycki, LaVerna Brichacek, and Merlin “Doc” Sucha from the Schuyler Historical Society and Museum. We appreciate the access to many postcards and pictures privately collected by Dan Wisnieski of Schuyler.

Thanks also to curator Ruth Waters from the Clarkson Historical Museum, Chuck Hamernick and his staff at the Bluebird Nursery of Clarkson, and Alma Meyer of Pilger, Nebraska, who shared her family history from the Clarkson area.

There were so many more individuals who aided in this project, such as Miriam Weimann and Kathy Heard and board members at the Howells Historical Museum; Marvine and Allen Koliha for information of the Heun community and the village of Howells; Marian Beck, curator of the House of Yesteryear in Leigh; Helen Belohrad, wife of Adolph “Duffy” Belohrad and a lifelong resident of Leigh; David Reininger, president of the Colfax County Fairgrounds board located in Leigh; and Darlene Divis and Jo Rowland of Rogers, Nebraska, who graciously allowed scanning in her home. We want to express a deep appreciation to all those persons, past and present, that are connected in some way to Colfax County and its history. Those who were spoken to by telephone but not met yet were willing to give information and leads to photographs. An apology to anyone accidently missed or not acknowledged by name that helped in making this book the best it could be. It is important to recognize those who took the photographs, recorded the history, and preserved it all for the future generations to know what it was like in the beginning. An apology is extended for any errors within the captions, as some of the research conducted and information provided with the images included in this book was limited.

A special thank you goes to Mary Margaret Schley, Maggie Bullwinkel, and the staff at Arcadia for all their help with publication of this book. Last, but never forgotten, a huge thank you to friends and family who gave support and encouragement, especially the one who did all the proofreading.