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| Author's pioneer
grandfather, F.C. (Fred) Krotter, who
established a small chain of lumberyards,
grain elevators, and ranches in southwest
Nebraska. |
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F.C.
and Nellie Krotter with their sons
Dean and Chauncey. |
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Interior
of Krotter home in Palisade, Nebraska,
circa 1915. |
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Audrey
Musick Krotter, the author’s
mother. |
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Audrey
Musick Krotter’s first Kansas
home as it appeared in 2008. |
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The
"south house" as it appeared
in 1978 with its crumbling back steps
when we returned to Nebraska to search
for the gold and silver. |
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Sign
on the edge of Palisade, Nebraska. |
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People
gathering on Main Street on June 14,
2008, for the annual Palisade Pioneer
Days Parade. Author released her memoir
at this event. |
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Palisade,
Nebraska, viewed from a nearby hill. |
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The
Bob-Tail Creek valley on our farm
just south of Palisade. Author loved
to roam along this creek. |
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Dean
Krotter’s library in the "town
house." |
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Dining
room of the "town house"
as it appeared in 1984. |
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Author
in yard of Estes Park, Colorado, cabin,
circa 1960. |
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Helen
Brown with author when I visited her
in Lincoln, Nebraska, just before
her 91st birthday. Helen was a very
close family friend who dusted around
all the coins for many years. She
is not only a very intelligent person
but possesses great commonsense, a
quality sometimes lacking in the author’s
family. She is one of the nicest people
I’ve ever known, as was her
husband Clark. |
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| Author's grandmother,
Nellie Krotter, with sons Dean and Chauncey,
circa 1912. |
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The
F.C. and Nellie Krotter home in Palisade,
Nebraska, circa 1980. Referred to
as the "town house" in the
memoir. |
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Dean
Krotter, the author’s father. |
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First
home in Summerfield, Kansas, of Audrey
Musick Krotter, author's mother, circa
1911. |
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The
side yard of the "town house"
in the 1930s. The brick garage on
the left is where Dean Krotter buried
a large wooden box of silver coins
in a back room with a dirt floor.
In 1979, Wells and Alison Krotter
Johnson also discovered a huge packing
crate in the front part of the garage
that contained little boxes containing
a total of 40,000 silver nickels. |
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My
maternal grandparents' house on our
farm as it appeared in 1978. We looked
here for coins also. |
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Main
Street of Palisade, Nebraska, circa
1980. |
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Prairie
near Palisade, Nebraska. |
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Canyons
near Palisade, Nebraska. |
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Haystacks
near Palisade. |
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Interior
shot of "town house" just
before it was sold in 1984. Note the
"quarter-sawed" oak woodwork.
The people who bought the house from
us in the fall of 1984 recently reported
to the author that when they bought
the house, the fireplace mirror section
had been pulled away from the wall.
Someone apparently did some treasure
hunting between March of 1984, when
the author last saw the house and
the fall of 1984, when it was sold.
The new owners also reported that
there had been some extensive digging
in the backyard between the time the
author last saw the property and the
date when they took possession. |
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Oak
staircase in the "town house"
as it appeared in 1984. |
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Family
cabin in Estes Park, Colorado. |
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