Story Names | Stories written or submitted by |
Delivering Corn | R. R. Draper |
Living in the Front Room | Bob Williamson |
I Remember | Loyd Epley |
German Blood Runs Deep | Bob Williamson |
The Big Farm Bell | Elma Heim Larimore |
Nostalgia in a Box | Kieth M. Heim |
Memories of the Farm | Frances Heim Whited |
Penn Colony Meets for 90 Years in 2011 | Bob Williamson |
Thanksgiving and Christmas | Bob Williamson |
Humor in History | Bob Williamson |
Just Suppose….. | Bob Williamson from the Dawson Herald |
Printing Office | Bob Williamson |
2012 Family Picnic | Bob Williamson |
Religious Education in Early Dawson History | Bob Williamson |
Word from Home in Pennsylvania | Bob Williamson |
1890 FIRE NEARLY DESTROYS DAWSON’S BUSINESS SECTION | Compiled By Bob Williamson |
Country Ladies Kensington | Bob Williamson |
Growing up in Nebraska | Tone Heim McArtor |
Easy Double Treat Cookies for Fall | Feature Story December 2011 |
Raccoon Hunt | Bob Williamson |
Coming Home | Memorial Moment – Coming Home – Mrs. Marilyn Thacker Ogle |
Dad and Mother Ulmer | Mrs. Delores Ulmer Chapman – Feature Story, September, 2010 |
Autographing the Farm | John Heim – Feature Story, September, 2010 |
Elma Heim Griffith Memorial Pages | Bob Williamson |
Early Day Heim Orchard | Lloyd Heim |
Early Roads were Trails | Bob Williamson |
Johnnie Heim and wife Margaret (Heim) Heim | Feature Story November 2009 |
135th Anniversary Celebration | Feature Story May 2009 |
Autographic Account of the Colony | This is a scholarly treatment of the evolution of the Pennsylvania Colony by Thomas W. Martin |
The Biggest Land Sale Ever | This Discusses a land sale from the 1909 Newspaper, of the W.G. Hummell farm |
Dr. Harlan and Golda Heim | …by Bob Williamson Dr. Harlan S. Heim was a dedicated physician and served … |
Miles Ranch | This account of the Miles Ranch was written by Mrs. Elma Heim Griffiths in 1976 for the Dawson Bicentennial. |
Kills Wolf | 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 |
Historic Walk from Church to Cemetery | (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… |
Pioneers’ Standards are Kept | Dawson German Unit Loses Last Original Member …By Anne Rush Riley …Published February 18, 1951 Lincoln Journal Star |
We Don’t Do This Much Anymore | …by Bob Williamson Among the things handed down through the family is an autograph book …. |
Christmas in old Blooming Grove | Written by Susan H. Little, and read at the Christmas Meeting of Lycoming County Historical Society, Dec. 19. 1940 |
Where is the little boy sipping from the sweet spring? | …by Kent Knudsen Kent is the grandson of Lloyd Heim and son of Charol Heim Pleiss |
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 |
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 |
“It’s Kraut Time” | by Bob Williamson |
A Visit with Mother | written by Robert H. Weber of Tulsa, 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 |
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 |
Tales of Happy Childhood | Written by Jessie Heim Deweese of Dawson (Mother of new board member Martha Hoig) |
The Heim Family | The Heims were a family of weavers; they were among the most zealous and devout… “Story taken from book “Blooming grove” |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 . |
Butchering and Soap Making | Written for the Folklore book by Mrs. Israel 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 |
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 |