Wagons Ho! Nebraska We Go .. (or bust!)
Minnie and Henry Melcher, Osmond, Nebraska (home in town) Yesterday I recalled a elusive photo for our family tree. Today I'll share a bit about my great-great grandparents. Originally both from Germany, Minnie and Henry Melcher somehow arrived in Wisconsin. From there they traveled by covered wagon to Norfolk, Nebraska to farm the land for a number of years; they lived in a sod or log house. In 1887, the couple moved about 40 miles away to Osmond, Nebraska where they bought land and farmed west of town. In later years, they bought a home in town; their home and property is where St. Mary's Church stands today. They were blessed with three children: Otto, Oscar and Laura. It is Laura that would later meet and marry her Danish husband. Minnie Melcher's Parlor Lamp This beautiful parlor lamp once graced a table of Minnie and Henry's (and later Laura's) home. It somehow escaped breakage through the years. My father had it for many...