This publication was printed to help celebrate "80 Years of Progress" for Pierce County. Many of the stories below are about the early days of the County. This document is 60 years old and the pages have yellowed. I have included everything in the publication, including advertisements that were apparently sold to support publication costs.
1939 Pierce County Souvenir Publication
1859-1939
Anderson Ford Co. Advertisement
Story about the Breslau Name Return to Pierce County
Carhart Lumber Co. Advertisement Pierce & Plainview
Farmers Co-Op Advertisement Plainview
First Ladies Aid in Pierce County
How the Community of Foster was named
Michael Leonard Seed Co., of Norfolk
Nebraska Light & Power Company Advertisement
A Pierce County Story of the Blizzard of 88
Eden Valley Area.Story Return to Pierce County
Farmers Grain Co. Advertisement
Prospect View Cemetery Advertisement
Christiansen & Nelson Advertisement
Story about Historic Flag and Staff Re-United
Pearls Beauty Shop Advertisement
A Story about Prairie Chickens as a Hazard
Shady Inn of Norfolk - Dine & Dance Commercial
Storz Beer - Blakeman Beverage Company of Norfolk, Advertisement
Huey Motors Return to Pierce County
Osmond Rural School District 34
Pioneers Recall Heavy Hail Storms
Lotos Beauty Shop Return to Pierce County
Late Mrs Wilson Hall with prize Quilt
Blacksmith was also town Dentist
First Cemetery in County was near Hadar
First Schools Organized in 1871
Buckendorf Floral Return to Pierce County
First High School in Pierce County
First Homestead South of Hadar
Surveyor Return to Pierce County
Pioneer Cemetery (Koehler Cemetery)
Plainview Cemetery (Dedlow Cemetery)
Duinen Skelly Station Plainview
Farmers Lumber Company, Osmond
Harry Johnson Harness Shop, Plainview
Coulson Motor Company, Norfolk
School District 5, First School of Plainview
School District 30, Foster Return to Pierce County
First Pierce County Institutes and School System
1880 Pierce County Census Story
Schemes used to swing early elections in Pierce County
First Pierce County Ballot Box (made by William Chilvers)
Prospect View Cemetery Organized 1885
Sno Cap Root Beer Return to Pierce County
Pierce County Blizzard of 1888 Story
Saint John's, First Church in Pierce County
Pierce County Seat located at first election
A. J. Babcock First Pierce County School Superintendent
First Election called in 1870 Return to Pierce County
Wm B. Chilvers, First Plainview Settler
R. S. Lucas, First State Representative
First City Builders, Lucas, Brown and Riley
First Lot Sale was for the Courthouse
Frank Pilley and Sons, Norfolk
Gillespie Bros, Norfolk Return to Pierce County
Plainview Claims Longest Wed Couple
Lambrecht Cemetery
West Lumber Company
L
ongest Time BusinessmanManke Oil Company Return to Pierce County
North East Pierce County was Cedar
Plainview was Roseville Return to Pierce County
Stark Valley Methodist 1st Organ
Stark Valley Methodist Charter Return to Pierce County
The Blizzard of 88 (another recollection)
Christian Huebner Was Early Homesteader
Pierce County Fair Return to Pierce County
Baskett Beer Parlor Return to Pierce County
School District 39 1st Director
Northeast Nebraska Oil Company
J C Penny Return to Pierce County
Pioneers Register at 1934 Pierce County Fair