Our Loggy
Maxwell,
Nebraska
Our
Loggy at Maxwell in c. 1897
Photograph taken
from the rear on the south side.
With the front of the store facing the tracks.
Main
street then ran along the railroad tracks.
The building on the left was the
storage building for the store.
The Fort McPherson buildings
were sold at auction in the spring of 1881.
The square logs were numbered
and the building was totally disassembled.
It was reassembled where it still
stands today. Our 'Loggy' was moved into Maxwell.
My Great Great Grandfather
purchased it in 1897 to be used as a general store.
The
only other log building from the fort that I know of is now located
at the
Lincoln County Historical Museum in North Platte. It was originally bought
from the fort by John Feeny, who lived on the island just north of the fort.
The men waited until winter to move the building. This building
was not disassembled
but was dragged across the frozen Platte River
to their homestead. It remained
there for many years but finally was donated to the museum.
There was one other
log cabin from the fort in Maxwell, but it burned to the ground quite a while
back.
W.
H. Merrick & Co.
General Merchandise
W.
H. Merrick & Co. Loggy.
Here
is the new frame W. H. Merrick & Co. Store.
You can see the original log
store to the right in the background.
This store is facing east as the new
main street runs north and south.
L. E. Story is third from the left. Arthur
Merrick is on the far right.
The
New Main Street of Maxwell.
Note the plank sidewalk.
The
store buildings are now connected.
Windows on the North side on both the Loggy
and the New Store building.
2 windows on the top. Breezeway open.
Logs still visible on the west side.
W.
H. Merrick & Company had deliveries brought in by the train car load.
'New' Addition - Before the Story Hardware
Inside W. H. Merrick & Co.
Inside
the W.H.Merrick & Co. General Merchandise Loggy
Note the gas lanterns,
before electricity came to town.
W. H. Merrick & Mary Susan (Grindle) Merrick?
Note that electricity has come to town.
Inside the New W. H. Merrick & Co. Building
More Family Log Buildings
My Great Grandmother's Log Cabin in Gunnison, Colorado
This
is the first school house where my Great Aunt taught.
Colorado
Maxwell Sod House
This
is a Maxwell Sod house.
Much like the one that my Grandmother was born in.