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[Note: This Table of Contents shows the original thesis headings, but not the original page numbers, which have been eliminated and replaced by direct links to the referenced web pages.]

INTRODUCTION

I.     ORIGIN OF THE SETTLERS

  • A brief history and geography of the Netherlands
  • Characteristics of the Hollander
  • Gelderland and Zeeland:
    • Geography
    • Characteristics of the land and people
    • Topography and fertility of the soil
    • Occupations
    • Agriculture predominant occupation
    • The lot of the peasant farmer
    • The farm house
    • The daily diet of the peasant
    • Characteristics of the peasant farmers
    • Servants and their duties
    • Superstitions of the Gelderlander
    • Religion and religious customs
    • The Heer Pastoor and his sermons
    • Education

II.    IMMIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT

  • Dutch motive for coming to America
  • Their future home
  • The journey across the Atlantic
  • Financial status at the arrival in New York
  • Period of rapid Dutch immigration into Wisconsin
  • Motive for migrating to Nebraska
  • Methods of obtaining land
  • Effect of the Homestead Act upon immigration
  • The advance guard of the colony
  • The arrival of the first group of families
  • Their experience
  • Single men take up homesteads in the colony
  • Other groups arrive
  • The Walvoord family arrives
  • William Daharsh comes to the settlement
  • A. Vandertook settles at Holland
  • Migration from Missouri
  • Settlement made in Buda Precinct; Its result
  • Daughter colony organized in Kansas
  • Daughter colony organized at Linden, Washington
  • Financial difficulties and hardships of the Dutch pioneers
  • Summary

III.   LIFE AND HABITS OF THE DUTCH PIONEER

  • South Pass Precinct as the pioneers found it
  • Farm improvements
  • Fire guards
  • The dugout
  • The construction of the dugout
  • The experiences of the pioneers in their new home
  • Furniture and other equipment of the dugout
  • Fuel
  • Daily dish
  • Capturing of wild game
  • Serving of meals
  • Means of procuring groceries
  • Part played by the wives of the pioneers
  • The first marriages
  • The first babies born in the settlement
  • Customs peculiar to the Dutch pioneers
  • Experiences of the pioneers
  • Mr. Brethouwer established the first store
  • The business purchased by Mr. Walvoord
  • The second store established at Holland
  • The store used as a meeting place by the pioneers
  • The village in 1900
  • The Fourth of July celebration at Holland
  • The other villages naar the settlement
  • Other business enterprises
  • The railroad through South Pass Precinct
  • Participation of the Hollanders in building the road through South Pass Precinct
  • Political opinions of the settlement
  • Summary

IV.    HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE PIONEER SETTLEMENT

  • Health hazards of the pioneer settlement
  • Lack of medical aid
  • Home remedies of the pioneer mother
  • Contagious diseases
  • Fever and ague
  • The pioneer mother and the midwife
  • Mrs. Carlson as a midwife
  • The hardships of a midwife
  • The country doctor
  • Dr. Brethouwer and his medical practice
  • The first doctor
  • Dr. Demoree
  • Dr. Tou Vella
  • The Dominee advertizes for a doctor
  • Dr. Was comes to the settlement
  • Doctor Was
  • The doctor’s early career
  • His reception at Holland
  • His first case
  • His success in obstetrics
  • His lack of success in other fields of medical knowledge
  • The doctors establishment of a new location
  • Hardships encountered by Dr. Was
  • Summary

V.     HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AT HOLLAND, NEBRASKA

  • A brief history of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands
  • The Dutch Reformed Church founded in America
  • Conditions limiting the growth of the church
  • A split in the church in America
  • A plan of union and independence from the mother church
  • The growth of the church after 1847
  • The organization and doctrines of the Reformed Church in America
  • Spiritual expressions of the pioneer settlers at Holland
  • Early places of worship
  • A Dutch Reformed Church organized at Holland
  • The first minister and church
  • Erection of the second church
  • Plan of construction
  • A brief history of the ministers at Holland
  • The organization and doctrines of the church at Holland
  • The Missionary Society
  • Other churches organized within the settlement
  • Early customs of the church at Holland
  • Marriage and divorce
  • The daughter’s engagement
  • The wedding feast and dowry of the bride
  • The church becomes modernized
  • Summary

VI.    EDUCATION IN THE PIONEER SETTLEMENT

  • The school and its value to a community
  • Educational background of the Dutch pioneers
  • The first school established in the Dutch settlement
  • The location of the first school
  • The first teachers
  • The temporary school buildings
  • The curricula and textbooks
  • The first permanent school building
  • Contractors for the new building
  • The teacher’s salary
  • Early attendance
  • Length of term
  • The school’s early equipment
  • First Dutch pioneers to become members of the school board
  • Organization of other schools in the settlement
  • Relatíonship of the school and church
  • The Dominee’s interest in education
  • The school building as a center of social activities
  • The school building used for political purposes
  • Isolation of the pioneer school
  • The blizzard of 1888
  • Educational handicaps in the pioneer settlement
  • The Dutch pioneers’ educational ideals
  • Summary

VII.   THE EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE

  • Agriculture in the Dutch settlement
  • Handicaps in the development of agricultural methods
  • Breaking the sod
  • Agricultural equipment of the Dutch pioneer
  • The progress of the colony
  • The pioneers’ knowledge in maintenance of farm equipment
  • A blacksmith shop established at Holland
  • Modern machinery and its effect upon production
  • A new epoch in the development of farm methods
  • The threshing machine and the steam engine
  • The milk-skimming station
  • The Hollanders’ acceptance of modern farm methods
  • Agricultural statistics of the Dutch pioneers
  • Summary

VIII.  THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT OF TODAY

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • General Accounts
  • Local Publications
  • Manuscripts
  • Personal Interviews

ILLUSTRATIONS