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Landmarks of JHL Country

Landmark Name History

Alkali Lake
Named for its alkaline water.
Camp Valley
Stansbie and Engel's summer camp. R.L. Gemmell Soil Surv. interview 6-22-28.
Dipping Vat Meadow
Old dipping vat and corrals near it. Ralph L. Gemmell (Soil S.) 6-22-28.
Jim Lake
Named for James Stansbie. Ralph L. Gemmell (Soil S.) 6-22-28.
Mother Lake
Tony Lake
In reference to the lake on section 2 T 26 R 40 it was in front of my homestead house and was called Tony's Lake for years. I got acquainted with the surveyor and I gave him the names of all the valleys I knew of. Tony Senn 1-22-29.
Place name history from: Link's Nebraska Place Names notes, available at the Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.

 

[South west Cherry county.]

Postoffice and Landmark History

Dandale Postoffice 1916-1923
ne 1/4 sec. 24, T26N R39W. North of Big Buck Lake, Mother Lake Quadrangle.
  1. Post office established September 30, 1916; discontinued February 28, 1923. Named by Mrs. Mary Allen Schmidt for her father, Daniel Osgood. She combined Dan with dale -- valley. Perkey 1982
  2. Was named by Mary Allen Schmidt, now Mrs. Mittendorf, for her father Daniel F. Osgood, who died recently. Valentine Democrat, clipping. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  3. T26 R39 S24, 9/1916-1923 (Hyannis), for Daniel Osgood, Mary E. Schmidt pm. Barbara Gale - A Sandhill Century
Fee Postoffice 1916-1918
ne 1/4 sec. 13, T27N R39W. At Survey Valley, Bristol Lake Quadrangle.
  1. Post office established December 16, 1916; discontinued May 31, 1918. Named by J. S. Ridgeway, in honor of J. R. Fee, state representative from Cherry County in 1891. Perkey 1982
  2. It was named by J.S. Ridgway, the P.M. P.M. Survey, Nebr. 4-2-25. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  3. Named after John Fee. David Hanna 3-30-28. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  4. Named for J.R. Fee. Wm. Erickson 1-15-29. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  5. 12/1916-5/1918 (Survey), for representative J.R. Fee, J.S. Ridgeway pm. Barbara Gale - A Sandhill Century
Martindale Postoffice 1910-1916
sw 1/4 of sw 1/4 sec. 28, T27N R39W. South of Card Lake, Bristol Lake Quadrangle.
Postoffice News: Martindale Items and Martindale Musings
  1. Post office established June 8, 1910; discontinued October 14, 1916. Named in honor of James O. Martin, first postmaster. Perkey 1982
  2. The P.M.'s name was J.O. Martin. P.M. Survey, Nebr. 4-2-25. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  3. Martindale was named by a Mr. J.O. Martin. Wm. O'Toole 5-15-25. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  4. T27 R39 S28, 6/1910-10/1916 (Ashby), for James O. Martin pm. Barbara Gale - A Sandhill Century
Spade Postoffice 1908-1923
center 1/4 sec. 22, T27N R41W. West of Home Lake by the Spade Ranch, Wolford Valley Quadrangle
  1. Post office established June 20, 1908; discontinued September 29, 1923. Town and precinct both named for nearby Spade Ranch, operated by Nebraska cattleman Bartlett Richards. Perkey 1982
  2. Named after big Spade Ranch whose owner died in Federal jail for wholesale land fraud and fencing public lands, namely Bartlett Richards, banker from Chadron. Discontinued. Jules Ami Sandoz 11-28-23. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  3. Named for the ranch of that name; its cattle brand was the outline of the ace of spades. Wm. Waterman 12-19-24. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  4. Named after the Spade Ranch, one of the oldest ranches in the county. Suggested by the petitioners. Geo. S. Peters 1-15-25. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes
  5. A P.O. on the Spade Ranch. L.A. Beckwith 1-30-25. Link's Nebraska Place Names notes

Other Ranches in November 1894

Spade Ranch
About ~6 miles to northwest in Home Valley
Woodruff
  1. E.E. and H.E. Woodruff. Hyannis. Mother Lake. On left hip and left side. Also stock branded [brand] on left side and reversed S on right shoulder; also right hip and left side. July 13, 1899. Valentine Western News-Democrat.
  2. Thos. H. Woodruff. Hyannis. 23 miles northwest of Hyannis. Other brands TW left thigh. [reverse S bar] left side. Horse brand [reverse S] left shoulder. Grant County Tribune.
  3. Woodruff Bros. Hyannis. Wickeyville, Soda & Mother lakes. Same brand on left hip. Horse brand same on left shoulder. Grant County Tribune.
 
Daniel Baugh [Baugh brand 1890s.]
Sand Beach & Indian Lakes. Horses branded same on left shoulder.
 
Mason
  1. H.C. Mason. Hyannis. Mother Lake, summer range - Bingham, Sheridan Co. On left side; some same on left side and hip. Some [brand] on left hip. Horses _M shoulder. July 13, 1899. Valentine Western News-Democrat.
  2. F.G. and W.M. Mason. Hyannis. Mother Lake and Bald Hill. Same brand as cut on any part of animal. Grant County Tribune.
[Davis brand 1899.]

 

A.T. Davis
16 miles north of Hyannis. On right side. Horse on left shoulder; also cattle OO- on right side. July 13, 1899. Valentine Western News-Democrat.