Spring Cleaning

Are you like me?  Do you have too much STUFF?  Sometimes I find out that people throw things away that other people might love to have; or it is old enough to be appreciated by a museum.

When I was a kid growing up in a big old farm house that my parents had purchased shortly before I was born, my folks had to find things to keep us busy in the summertime.  One of the tasks my sisters and I were given was to "clean out the attic."  There were old newspapers, magazines, lamps, clothes, furniture, etc stored up there from the previous owners.  It was my first introduction to "True Romance" and other magazines that I'm sure our mother didn't know were there!!  There were stacks of old newspapers that NOW I would love to have.  All of this STUFF was taken to the canyon south of the house where we had a trash dump and thrown over the edge, or it was burned in a cistern outside the kitchen door that we were trying to fill up and get rid of.

So, all I'm saying is:  If you are spring cleaning this month or next as we always used to do; (as if we had time nowadays!), just remember that your "junk" might be appreciated by one of the museums in the area or by a collector.

If you haven't heard of Craigslist or have never used eBay, they are both good places to offer your "junk" to others who might want it; and you might make a buck while you're at it.

HAPPY SPRING, Everybody!!!
  -- Editor

The Dundy County Fair has a website

Now you can find the Dundy County Fair online at:  http://www.dundycountyfair.com/

They also have a Facebook Page

They are looking for Dundy County Fair pictures to post online.  If you have one you would like to share, you can send it to dundycofair @ dundycountyfair.com.

--Editor

Republican River Flood of 1935 - Marker

The NOAA office is working on placing signs in towns that have high water marks from the 1935 Republican River Flood.  Go to this website to read about the flood.  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gld/?n=1935flood-flood

This link takes you to the articles about Haigler.  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gld/?n=1935flood-haigler

-- Editor

Lee Campbell - 1930-2010

Oshkosh- Military graveside service for Myron "Lee" Campbell, 79, of Oshkosh, were held Wednesday March 17, 2010, at Antelope Valley Cemetery, northeast of Oshkosh, with Rev. Cliff Transmeier officiating.

Campbell died Sunday March 14, 2010, in Good Samaritan Health Care Center in Alliance.

Family and friends may view the obituary and leave condolences online at www.holechekfuneralhomes.com

~Julie Hughes

A Note from a "Haigler" visitor

My uncle Billy & I visited Haigler, Neb., in August 1997, and had a delightful time. We were curious to find out whether we were related to Jake Haigler, for whom your town is named. We concluded we were not, sorry to say.

Uncle Billy is George William Haigler, who is expected to turn 80 this September, born in Cameron, SC, worked as a mathematician for NASA in Virginia helping to put us on the moon.

I am Dave Haigler, a Texas lawyer since 1973 and now a disability judge with Social Security in Shreveport. I was born in 1945 in Charleston, where my mom is from.

My dad was Dr. D.J. Haigler, a science professor at Columbia College who died in 2001, born 1924. He probably got cancer from visiting Hiroshima too soon after the bomb while serving in the Navy during WWII.

My granddad was Decatur L. Haigler, 1896-1981, who served as county superintendent of education and was a farmer.

My great-granddad was David Whitfield Haigler, 1866-1957, who was a farmer and involved in education as well. He has a building named for him at Newberry College in Newberry, SC. My ancestors were all Lutheran, but we're Presbyterian now.

I have a son in Dallas and a daughter & grandson in Houston.

We are descended from the Haiglers who settled near Fleabite Creek in Orangeburg County, SC, in 1752. My uncle and sister still own 400 acres of farm land there. The old family homestead is now a B&B.

Haigler, Neb., is a lot like Cameron, SC, where we are all from.

We were told that Jake hailed from Pennsylvania, and we could not find him anywhere in our genealogical records.

David Whitfield Haigler, Jr.
blog: http://haiglaw.xanga.com

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For a story about Jake Haigler, the man who our town is named after, visit this link http://genealogytrails.com/neb/dundy/bios/jhaigler.html

Dundy County Towns 1895

DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA TOWNS AND PLACES (CURRENT AND HISTORIC)
Town	Note	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation (ft)	Had Post Office in 1895?	Had railroad in 1895?	Had express office in 1895?	Co FIPS #	Zip
Allston					Yes	No		57
Benkelman	Previously named Collinsville	400257N	1013157W		Yes	Yes	Yes	57	69021
Burntwood City	Historic populated place							57
Califer	Historic							57
Callison	Abandoned town
Calvert	Historic post office				Yes	No	No	57
Colfer	Abandoned town
Collinsville	Re-named to Benkelman							57
Crab Island	Historic populated place							57
Doane	Historic post office	400207N	1013728W					57
Haigler		400050N	1015620W		Yes	Yes	No	57	69030
Hancock	Abandoned town
Hiawatha	Historic				Yes	No	No	57
Hoover	Historic populated place							57
Kaw	Abandoned town
Lamont	Historic	401915N	1015222W					57
Lux	Abandoned town
Max	Unincorporated	400650N	1012408W		Yes	Yes	No	57	69037
Ough		401920N	1013044W	3,353				57
Parks	Unincorporated	400230N	1014329W					57	69041
Rollwitz	Abandoned town
Sanborn	Historic	400313N	1020111W					57