TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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
- 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
- General Accounts
- Local Publications
- Manuscripts
- Personal Interviews
ILLUSTRATIONS