Musetta Gilman

AKA: Musetta Campbell Gilman

Born 1908-01-04 Pawnee County, NE (USA)

Died 1991-08-13
Lincoln, NE (USA)

Buried
Lincoln, NE (USA)

Musetta Gilman's husband Harold Gilman was a descendent of the Gilman brothers who ran a Nebraska pony express station known as the Gilman Ranch. Pump on the Prairie is her family memoir, written about a century after events recalled in the memoir had transpired.

Places Lived

Pawnee County, NE
Peru, NE
Tate, NE
Burchard, NE
Lewiston, NE
Ingham, NE
Beatrice, NE
Madison, NE
Lincoln, NE

Author Of

Nonfiction
Poetry

Keywords

Ranching Life; Nebraska - History; Ranch History; Pony Express

Education

Graduate, Peru State Teacher's College, Peru, NE
Graduate, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Occupation

Elementary School Teacher, Lincoln,, Tate, Burchard, Lewiston, Ingham, Beatrice, and Madison, NE
School Superintendent, Madison Public Schools, Madison, NE
Writer

Places Worked

Taught at several public school in Nebraska, including Lincoln Public Schools
Superintendent, Madison Public Schools, Madison, NE

Associations

Nebraska Historical Society
Nebraska Writer's Guild

Bibliography

Graffiti. 1973.
Pump on the Prairie. 1975.
Trails. 1986.

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