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Descendants recall Nebraska's once booming African-American town of DeWitty
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Descendants recall Nebraska's once booming African-American town of DeWitty
- By NICHOLAS BERGIN / Lincoln Journal Star
- Jun 15, 2015
- Jun 15, 2015 Updated Jul 31, 2021
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Children at one of three schools at the homesteading settlement of DeWitty in western Nebraska. In partnership with the National Park Service and the University of Oklahoma, the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is expanding its research of Black homesteaders into Oklahoma.
- Courtesy photo, Nebraska State Historical Society

DeWitty homesteaders pose in front of a church near Brownlee in this photo shot by pioneer photographer Solomon Butcher.
- Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society
Goldie Blyola Walker was among homesteaders who settled along the North Loup River in Cherry County.
- Courtesy photo
Fernella Walker sits on a horse in this courtesy photo from a collection of pictures of homesteaders who settled along the North Loup River in Cherry County.
- Courtesy photo
William Parker Walker, the great-great-grandfather of Artes Johnson, was among homesteaders who settled along the North Loup River in Cherry County.
- Courtesy photo
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They labored over beans, watermelon and vegetables painstakingly planted in sandy soil and grazed modest herds of cattle.
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Children at one of three schools at the homesteading settlement of DeWitty in western Nebraska. In partnership with the National Park Service and the University of Oklahoma, the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is expanding its research of Black homesteaders into Oklahoma.
- Courtesy photo, Nebraska State Historical Society
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- Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society
Goldie Blyola Walker was among homesteaders who settled along the North Loup River in Cherry County.
- Courtesy photo
Fernella Walker sits on a horse in this courtesy photo from a collection of pictures of homesteaders who settled along the North Loup River in Cherry County.
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