Cozad, Nebraska
Cozad was my grandmother's home town, and I feel an affinity for it, even though my family left in 1904.
I have donated a number of artifacts to the 100th Meridian Museum, which holds regular exhibits and events to connect townspeople with their history. I contributed a history of the little-known settlement of Level, where an ancestor was postmaster. Great-great-grandfather Rufus Peck was Justice of the Peace.
Level disappeared from maps about 1903, when Rural Free Delivery eliminated the Level post office. Ironically, my other great-great-grandfather , John S. Larmon, was one of the first RFD postal workers (he made his rounds with horse and buggy).
John S. Larmon is in the middle, just left of the woman in the long dress. Photo: Cozad Historical Society