Letter from Henry to his mother, brother and sister.
Entry/Object ID
2000.FIC.115
Scope and Content
This is a three page letter from Henry to his mother and brother and sister. He relates his inability to find work in Omaha and Grand Island and that he has returned to North Platt and taken a job again on the railroad. After local news he relates that there will be a land rush in Indian Territory as 11,000 claims of 160 acres are available and 30,000 people are camped out awaiting noon on April 22nd. He predicted "lots of trouble and bloodshed."
