Erastus F. Beadle

Born 1821 Otsego County, NY (USA)

Died 1894

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Erastus Beadle left Buffalo, New York, with aspirations to build the community for prospective settlers who were arriving to Omaha in droves after the Kansas-Nebraska Act. His diary details his journey in coming west and staking land claim in Nebraska Territory. David Bristow calls his To Nebraska in 1857 "one of the liveliest first-person accounts of life in territorial Omaha," and offers a complete on-line version.
After leaving Nebraska in 1858, he returned to new York and became a senior partner at Beadle and Adams, publisher of the Beadle's Dime Novels series which began in 1860.

Places Lived

Buffalo, NY
New York, NY
Omaha, NE

Author Of

Biography

Keywords

Nebraska Territory; Settlers/Pioneers; Diaries

Occupation

Publisher

Honors

Nebraska 150 Books honor for Ham, Eggs and Corn Cake: A Nebraska Territory Diary, 2017

Bibliography

To Nebraska in '57: A Diary of Erastus F. Beadle. 1887. (later published under the title, Ham, Eggs and Corn Cake: A Nebraska Territory Diary)

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