steinauer, nebraska
We have a few Steinauer items scattered throughout the website, but here is a collection of just a few Steinauer things pulled at random during some rare spare moments. Our little sister town Steinauer has a rich history. We have shared some of that in "recent" years, with consolidation of the schools, and with the 1968 shift of the Catholic parish.
steinauer community heritage house
Steinauer has its own neat museum, the Steinauer Community Heritage House. The museum has a wonderful Facebook page, lots of pictures and informaton, so don't miss seeing the museum when you're in town, and don't miss the Facebook page!
steinauer, two postcards circa 1908-1909
From Kristin Quevedo comes these two post cards from Edna Tackley to Ora Spencer Booth, her fiance at the time, circa 1908-1909. They did get married, fortunately for Kristin who is their great granddaughter!
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Edna Tackley, then of Steinauer, Nebraska, writes to her fiance Ora in Sunrise, Wyoming:
"Dear Boy, Elizabeth - she has been sick but I think is better now. Was Christmas lonesome? ~ Edna" Edna had Table Rock connections, and she was a country school teacher here, too. Read about her and see a picture of her: |
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Photo 6408 - St. Anthony's Catholic Church, the frame church that preceded the present one of brick.
Back of the postcard, Photo 6408
The Heritage House has a beautiful enlargement of this photo. Here is a copy from our own postcard of it.
1909 - the edmunds band of steinauer
This is one of our early connections. A picture of the Edmunds Band taken by photographer Archer King, then of Table Rock. He was a fabulous photographer, and we hope to put together an exhibition of some of his unique photos some day, like this one.
1918 - the influenza pandemic
A number of Steinauer people died in the pandemic. You can read about it in this article about the 1918 influenza in Pawnee County.
herman brauer
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In World War I he saw horrific combat, being in battles of horrific nature little remembered today. He returned to Steinauer a victim of shell shock and years later took his own life. People were remarkably aware of what had happened, one paper headline proclaiming that a war hero had died, and asserting that it was without cavil that Herman Brauer's death was caused by the war no less than as if he had been killed in combat. He was reportedly buried at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, but then his body moved to the Table Rock Cemetery within a matter of days. No explanation exists today. Perhaps his death by suicide was not reconciled by the church as being outside of his control. In any event, he now lies in the southeast quarter of the cemetery, as do some of his family members who passed away thereafter.
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in the news - sports
July 26, 1900
Thanks to Table Rock Historical Society member John Duder for this picture.
1964
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December 15, 1964
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the "big" fire in table rock -- most of the businesses on the south side of the square were destroyed in a february 1920 fire.
Steinauer has a connection. One of the buildings was owned by Mary Chandler of Steinauer, a frame buildingoccupied by the Frank Sherman Barber Shop.
the steinauer-cold point social column in the table rock argus
This long-time column regularly reported the social events of our Steinauer neighbors.
December 3, 1964
more news
1900
April 22, 1966
1977
1874
homestead grant
to john gottula
signed by president ulysses s. grant
Thanks to descendant Russ Hunzeker for this digital copy. A picture of John Gottula & family is immediately below.
John Gottula family, from Russ Hunzeker
john was the son of
pioneers ludwig & maria gottula
here is their story
john & charlotte gottula's story
a story about the karl schultz family
In September 2018, William Steiner posted a story on the Historical Society's Facebook page. It is a story told to him by his father, Arnold Steiner, who probably got it from HIS father, William "WJ" Steiner. William Steiner of the Facebook group grew up about four miles north of Burchard. The story of the Karl Schultz family took place near Table Rock's neighbor village of Steinauer.
William first recounts a family history which appears in the 1976 Bicentennial Album of Pawnee County
William first recounts a family history which appears in the 1976 Bicentennial Album of Pawnee County
THE KARL SCHULTZ FAMILY
Sometime prior to 1863, Karl Schultz and his wife, Elizabeth (Storand) Schultz, accompanied by two single men, the Slater Brothers, came to this community from Wisconsin. All of them had come from the Old Country together. Mr. Schultz had operated a brewery while they were in Wisconsin, the product being called Schultz beer.
Karl and the Slater Brothers put up a cabin two miles northwest of Steinauer. The Slater Brothers soon moved farther north into Johnson County but Karl and Elizabeth stayed. They had six children during their occupancy of that log cabin and decided they needed a larger house. This house was built close to the log cabin.
The oldest daughter and son of the Schultz family had a double wedding; Anna marrying Frank Blecha and Jacob marrying Mary Blecha.
Frank Schultz also chose a Blecha as his wife, Fanny Blecha.
John Schultz was wed to Anna Perdal; Joe Schultz married Emma Hillers, and Charles Schultz chose Jenny Vanek as his wife.
Charles and Jenny Vanek Schultz eventually took over the homestead, and their children took over from them when the time came. The present occupants are Carl Schultz and Frank Schulz and Frank's wife Lauretta.
There is a little more to Karl Scbultz's story, and it took place on a summer day, July 30, 1894. As William Steiner recounts from a story told him by his father:
Karl died following a shooting fray with the neighboring Abbott family.
As the story goes, Abbott had accused Schultz of stealing some hedge fence posts. Abbott went to Pawnee City to get deputized.
While on the way back home from Pawnee, Abbott going north on the road from Salem's church met Schultz, who was traveling with his boys, going south on the same road. Schultz was shot but the boys escaped and hid in a neighbor's barn. Schult was taken to Steinauer, where he succumbed to his wounds.
Schultz's wife when called to Steinauer stated, "When he was sober he was the best of men and when he was drunk he was the worst of men."
The Abbotts shortly moved away from the community.
This was a story recounted by my father when he was still alive. Yes, there is history in Pawnee County.
Karl Schultz was born in Bavaria in 1838 and died in Nebraska in the middle of the terrible Great Nebraska Drought of 1894. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. His wife Elizabeth lived to old age; she died in 1925 at the age of 24, and is buried in the cemetery of Salem Church. Karl's children Anna, Jacob, Frank, Charles, John, and Joseph (born between 1865 an 1875) each lived to be at least 69 (Jacob) and as old as 91 (Frank). But Karl died at age 55.
clear creek country school, district 18
Thanks to Russ Hunzeker for this photo of Clear Creek Country School