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This 1893 Timber-Culture claim and certificate designated 160 acres of land to Rais Sherry.

Public Sale poster listing the items that will be included in the sale.

Ansley Centennial Calendar 1917

This memento certificate was given to Vance Smith for his enlistment in the United States Army on December 10, 1917 in Omaha to serve as a mechanic in the First World War effort.

This photo was taken circa 1905 of a family of seven outside their sod home.

This is an advertisement for the Nelson Bale Loader. The Nelson Bale Loader was invented by Custer County Native Leland Nelson. The patent for the bale loader is one of a few patents granted to a resident in Custer County.

This is the patent granted to Leland Nelson of Custer County, Nebraska. Nelson's patent, for a bale loader he designed, is one of a few patents granted to residents of Custer County.

This is the prototype of Nelson Bale Loader. The various scans show the prototype and how the loader worked.

Here is a photograph of the Gustafson family. The photograph features the story of the Gustafson's on the back of it.

This photograph of Matilda (Bowman) Gustafson was brought into the Custer County History Harvest by Linda Sterner-Hanson.