History of Custer county, Nebraska

Page 789-780 of Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska containing a history of the state of Nebraska …Chicago, Alden Publishing Co., 1912. Benjamin L. Nicholas is one of the original homesteaders of Custer county, Nebraska, still residing on his original farm. He passed through the experiences of those who were living in the county during the years of drouth and bard times, and by close economy and native thrift, managed to make a good start as a farmer and ra…

From pages 676-677 of History of Custer County, NebraskaLincoln, Neb. : Western Publishing and Engraving Co., 1919 BENJAMIN L. NICHOLAS, a practical and enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of the Mason City community of Custer county, owns and operates 880 acres of land, constituting one of the valuable and highly improved These possessions have been acquired through the medium of the efforts of Mr. Nicholas and the members of his family and as the result of his consecutive endeavo…