1. Silas Garber was the founder of Red Cloud, Nebraska and was the third governor of Nebraska.
13 Facts About Silas Garber
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Silas Garber moved to Clayton County, Iowa when he was seventeen and started farming.
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Silas Garber was married to Rosella Dana, and then to Lyra C Wheeler.
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Silas Garber's wife was the inspiration for Willa Cather's A Lost Lady; deemed "smutty for its time," this caused tension between the Garber and Cather families.
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At the start of the Civil War, Garber joined the 3rd Missouri Regiment on October 3,1862.
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Silas Garber was mustered out of the Army on August 8,1865.
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Silas Garber left the Midwest and moved to California where he engaged in livestock trading.
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Silas Garber settled in Webster County, Nebraska, and in 1872, he laid out the town site of Red Cloud.
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Silas Garber served as probate judge of Webster County, and in 1872 he was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives.
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Silas Garber received the Republican nomination, and in 1874, Garber became the fourth Governor of Nebraska.
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Silas Garber served on the University of Nebraska board of regents from 1875 to 1876.
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Silas Garber died in Red Cloud, Nebraska, after a long illness.