WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM

DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Accession No.: 76.1077 Catalogue No.:

Accessioned by: J. Jeffries Catalogued by:

Accession Date: 5/17/76 Catalogue Date:

Object: photograph

Date of Object: 1935

Description:

Measurements: photograph of ruins of a log cabin with a boy and dog inside; identified on reverse as “Branson Cabin, near Hickory Point in southern Douglas County; Branson was a Free State settler, arrested in 1855 and rescued by free State men during the Wakarusa war.

Measurements: 18 x 12.5 cm.

Condition: good

References/Comments:

Acquired by: Exchange: ___ Loan: ___ Gift: ___ Purchase: ___ DCHS

Donor: Ed. Bumgardner DCHS #: x 110 A