Orsamus Charles Dake

(1832-1875)
Illinois & Nebraska

[6 (1) Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days
(April-June, 1922)(Nebraska State Historical Society)]

Edwardsville, Illinois lawyer, editor of the Lincoln Herald (Lincoln, Illinois) (1859-1860), rector of Episcopal churches in Omaha and Fremont, Nebraska (1862), professor at the University of Nebraska (1872-1875), poet and author. [Source: OCLC Note, Orsamus C. Dake Papers, Illinois State Historical Library]

Poems

"The Weeping Water"
[reprinted from Dake's Nebraska Legends and Poems in 6 (1) Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days 49-68 (April-June, 1922)(Nebraska State Historical Society)]
[Notes on the "Weeping Water"]

Poetry

Orsamus Charles Dake, Nebraska Legends and Poems (Cooper Union, New York: Pott A. Amery, 1871) [online text]

__________________, Midland Poems (Lincoln [Nebraska]: State Journal Company, 1873)(1871) [online text]

Bibliography

Orsamus Charles Dake, Portrait and Sketch, 6 (1) Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days 42-44 (April-June, 1922)(Nebraska State Historical Society)