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The Jacob Walter photograph was taken by Solomon Butcher sometime around 1887. The photograph features Jacob Walter's sod house, corn crib and wooden barn, all of which were built in 1883. The images also include Jacob Walter with his horse and…

The photograph is of Minny Cudmoore and her students. They are outside of the sod school house. Minny Cudmoore was Jacob Walters granddaughter and was Wilma Lorson French's grandmother.

This pop bottle purchased by Ellen Mortensen came from the Broken Bow Bottling Company.

This kerosene lamp was brought in by Ellen Mortensen. Mortensen purchased the lamp at her aunt's estate auction and found out that lamp had been passed down since her family arrived in Howard County, Nebraska, in the 1880s.

A vintage Booth's Silicon China cup and saucer. The cup and saucer was purchased in the 1910s by Ellen Mortensen's friends father.

The inventories for Warren Joy after his death on December 18, 1868.

A cemetery lot purchase agreement for George W. Joy. The lot was purchased from the Oak Grove Cemetery Association in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.

Warren Joy's cemetery lot purchase document for the Union Cemetery of Barry County, Michigan.

An 1828 warrant deed granted to Warren Joy. The deed procured 40.5 acres of land to Warren Joy in Orelans County, New York.

An 1850 Land Assignment to Warren Joy. The land assignment transferred 160 acres near Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Joy.