Tracing the history of Furnas County

At varying points in time, once could graduate from Oxford or Cambridge without leaving the U.S. or even the state of Nebraska although there were never any oxen fords or bridges over the River Cam. Nebraska itself even had two Oxfords, one in Furnas, the other in Boone County as well as two Cambridges, one in Otoe, the other also in Furnas County. Today only the two cities in Furnas County have populations, and only Cambridge still has its high school. Two men claim to be the first settler in F