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Links to Story Pages
(Stories are added each month with the most recent entries first.)
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Story Names
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Stories written
or submitted by
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| The Big Farm Bell | Elma
Heim Larimore |
| Nostalgia in a Box | Kieth M. Heim |
| Memorial of the Farm | Frances Heim Whited |
| Penn Colony Meets for 90 Years in 2011 | Bob Williamson |
| Thanksgiving and Christmas Added Novemer 2012 | Bob Williamson |
| Humor in History Added October 2012 | Bob Williamson |
| Just Suppose..... Added September 2012 | Bob Williamson from the Dawson Herald |
| Printing Office Added August 2012 | Bob Williamson |
| 2012 Family Picnic Added July 2012 | Bob Williamson |
| Religious Education in Early Dawson History Added
March 2012 |
Bob Williamson |
| Word
from Home in Pennsylvania Added
March 2012 |
Bob Williamson |
| 1890 Fire Nearly
Destroys Dawson's Business Section Added
February 2012 |
Bob Williamson |
| Country Ladies Kensington
Added
February 2012 |
Bob Williamson |
| Growing Up in
Nebraska - Added February 2012 |
Tone Heim McArtor - Feature Story January 2012 |
| Easy Double Treat
Cookies for Fall - Added January 2012 |
Feature Story
December 2011 |
| Raccoon Hunt
- Added
December 2011 |
Bob Williamson |
| Coming Home
- Added December, 2010 |
Memorial Moment -
Coming Home - Mrs. Marilyn Thacker Ogle |
| Dad and Mother Ulmer - Added
November, 2010 |
Mrs. Delores Ulmer Chapman -
Feature Story, September, 2010 |
| Autographing the Farm - Added September, 2010
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John Heim -
Feature Story, September, 2010 |
| Elma Heim Griffith Memorial Pages
- Added July,
2010 |
Bob
Williamson |
| Early Day Heim Orchard
- Added May, 2010
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Lloyd Heim |
| Remembrance of Reuben and True
Ulmer
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granddaughter, Kristi Leatherman Hall |
| Early
Roads were Trails - Added 3/28/10
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Bob Williamson |
| Johnnie
Heim and wife Margaret (Heim) Heim - Added 1/26/10
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Feature Story November 2009 |
| 135th
Anniversary Celebration -
Added
11/16/09 |
Feature
Story May 2009 |
| Autographic
Account of the Colony - Added 8/7/09 |
This
is a scholarly treatment of the evolution of the Pennsylvania Colony by
Thomas W. Martin |
| The Biggest Land Sale Ever
- Added 3/21/09
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This Discusses a land sale from the 1909
Newspaper, of the W.G.
Hummell farm |
| Dr. Harlan and Golda Heim
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| Miles
Ranch - Added 3/4/2009
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This
account of the Miles Ranch was written by Mrs. Elma Heim
Griffiths in 1976 for the Dawson Bicentennial. |
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Kills
Wolf
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from the Dawson Herald in the 30's |
| Sippleys
Came to Dawson in ‘79 |
This letter was written by John Sippley of
Bucyrus, Ohio, on March 3, 1879. |
| Grandma's
Secret |
written by Evelyn Heim Dallmann |
| The Big Farm Bell |
Written by Elma Heim Larimore
For her book entitled "Folklore" of the Pennsylvania Colony of Nebraska
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| Remembrance
of Rueben and True Ulmer |
by granddaughter, Kristi Leatherman Hall |
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Historic Walk from
Church to Cemetery
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(cemetery story) Beneath the aged pine trees, just
east of the old silver fence, blanketed by several years of pine
needles, lies a once proud hand poured sidewalk...
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| Sidewalk from
Dawson to Heim Cemetery |
By Bob Williamson, Sexton (cemetery story)
Storie, pictures and records of donors that sponsored squares of the
walk. |
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Pioneers'
Standards are Kept
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Dawson German Unit Loses Last Original Member
…By Anne Rush Riley …Published February 18, 1951 Lincoln Journal Star
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| We
Don't Do This Much Anymore |
…by Bob Williamson
Among the things handed down through the family is an autograph book
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Dr.
Harlan and Golda Heim
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…by Bob Williamson
Dr. Harlan S. Heim was a dedicated physician and served ...
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Christmas in old
Blooming Grove
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Written by Susan H. Little, and read at the
Christmas Meeting of Lycoming County Historical Society, Dec. 19. 1940 |
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Where
is the little boy sipping from the sweet spring?
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…by Kent Knudsen
Kent is the grandson of Lloyd Heim and son of Charol Heim Pleiss
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| The Sweet Spring Still
Flows |
Reprinted from the Omaha World Herald, Magazine
of the Midlands, Sept. 15, 1974. Photos and story by Harold Cowan
One Hundred Years of Heims… |
| Coming
to Nebraska |
from a diary kept by Rosina Heim
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| Further
History of the Penn Colony of Nebraska |
Written by Elma Heim Griffiths in 1955. |
| Who
are the "Pennsylvania Dutch" |
by Don Yoder, Ph D., Dept of Religious Thoughts,
University of Pennsylvania
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| "It's Kraut Time"
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by Bob Williamson |
| A
Visit with Mother |
written by Robert H. Weber of Tusla, Ok. For the
"Home Life" a family Christian Magazine |
| Ode
to Family Reunions |
from Mrs. Lois Dappen Hinkly |
| Cider
Making |
by Mrs. Israel …Gertrude…Heim
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True
Stratton and Rueben Ulmer
Wedding Day, June 16, 1915 |
written by their oldest daughter, Evelyn Ulmer,
upon the observance of the couples 50th wedding anniversary, June 16,
1965 |
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Tales
of Happy Childhood
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Written by Jessie Heim Deweese of Dawson (Mother
of new board member Martha Hoig) |
| Opera Cream Candy |
...do concert pianists cook? Ernest Ulmer did and
here is his seasonal recipe
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The
Heim Family
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The Heims were a family of weavers; they were
among the most zealous and devout... "Story taken from book "Blooming
grove" |
| 50th wedding
anniversary of Rueben and True Ulmer |
Lovingly written by their daughter Evelyn Ulmer |
| Candle
Making |
Written by Elma Heim Griffiths |
| Rememberances
of Life in the Dawson, Nebraska Area |
As told by Kenneth Heim in his Autobiography,
3/07/2000 |
| Hops Still
Growing After 120 Years |
by Bob Williamson |
| Dawson United
Methodist Church |
Taken from annual conference records. by H. A.
Shwab |
| Pioneer
Citizen Observes Anniversary |
The sixty-sixth birthday of Israel Ulmer was
quietly celebrated .... |
| It Pays to Keep
Accurate Records |
This article about the egg laying business of
Wesley Heim ... |
| The
Story of my Life |
Dr. Ernst Max Adam (Nov.20, 1801 - Sept. 15,
1880) |
| A Tribute to Jacob S. Heim |
from the "Folklore" book.
It may be purchased by going to the "for
sale" page |
| Good Gifts
Come In Strange Containers |
Dr. Keith Heim |
| Woman's' Work Is Never
Done |
Elma Griffith wrote for Dawson Bicentennial
History News |
| A
Tribute to "Aunt Rosa" |
By Anne Rush Riley, Dawson, Nebraska |
| The
Depression Years |
By - Keith M. Heim |
| Early
Roads were trails! |
written by Elma Heim Griffith in 1976 for the
Dawson Bicentennial Celebration |
| Spring
Planting on Jacob Heim Farm 1875 |
from the book "Westward Bound" |
| Shooting
Marbles |
written by Mike Cummings in his book of
"Remembers" |
| Permanent
Colonists |
history of the German Dunkers who settled in
Lycoming County |
| The
Blooming Grove Colony |
The colony of 1804 comprised the following ... |
| Grandfather's
Bee Story |
About eight or ten hives kept the family supplied |
| Delivering Corn To
Market Was A Real Job in 1866 |
from the Dawson Herald Newspaper |
| Christmas was
a very exciting time |
Written by Kenneth Heim in his autobiography |
| More
Westward Bound |
by Mary Heim Bilsing |
| Spinning
and Weaving |
written in 1942 by Elma Heim Griffiths |
| Dawson's
First Telephone |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| Barns,
soon a thing of the past! |
Bob Williamson |
| From
Prairie to Civilization |
Bob Williamson |
| Butchering and Fresh
Water |
Arthur W. Heim, Dawson, Nebraska |
| Pennsylvania - Dutch
Culture |
excerpted from the English
Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary, Culinary Arts Press, Reading,
Pa. 1965
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| Story of a real
Emergency! |
as told to Elma Heim Griffiths by the
participants |
| The
"Barn Raising" |
By Arthur W. Heim grandson of Jacob G. Heim and
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| Butchering
and Soap Making |
written for the Folklore book by Mrs. Isreal L.
..Gertrude.. Heim of Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Quilting
Parties |
by Susan Heim Little, Williamsport, Pa |
| A
Man Named Good |
Mike Cummings |
| Sunday Morning
Memorial Moment |
By Donna Heim Epley
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| Pennsylvania
Textiles and Needlework |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| The
John J. Heim Family |
written by the late Elma Heim Griffiths |
| The Dawson Herald
Newspaper |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| Homespun
Pleasures |
By Elma Heim Griffiths, in 1955 for the book |
| Eating Out in the
50’s and 60’s |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| Sippleys Came to
Dawson in ‘79 |
letter was written by John Sippley of Bucyrus,
Ohio |
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