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.

 

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