Silas Garber was the founder of Red Cloud, Nebraska

Red Cloud, Nebraska

Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,131 at the 2000 census.-History:The region of present-day Red Cloud was intermittently occupied and used as hunting grounds by the Pawnees until 1833. In that year, a treaty was signed in...

 and was also Nebraska

Nebraska

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's third Governor.

Early life

Silas Garber was born in Logan County, Ohio

Logan County, Ohio

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 on September 21, 1833. He moved to Clayton County, Iowa

Clayton County, Iowa

-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 18,129 in the county, with a population density of . There were 8,999 housing units, of which 7,599 were occupied.-2000 census:...

 when he was seventeen and started farming. At the start of the Civil War

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, he joined the 3rd Missouri Regiment. He later transferred to Co. D, 27th Iowa Infantry

27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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. At the end of the war, Garber left the Midwest and moved to California

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.

Life in Nebraska

Garber returned to the Midwest in 1870. He settled in Webster County, Nebraska

Webster County, Nebraska

-History:Webster County was formed in 1871. It was named after the statesman Daniel Webster.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,061 people, 1,708 households, and 1,118 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile . There were 1,972 housing...

, and in 1872, he laid out the town site of Red Cloud. Garber served as probate judge of Webster County, and in 1872 he was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives. In 1873 he became Register of the U.S. Land Office in Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....

. He received the Republican

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 nomination, and in 1874, Garber became the fourth (third elected) Governor of Nebraska

Governor of Nebraska

The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the State of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Nebraska Constitution. The current Governor is Dave Heineman, a Republican, who assumed office on January 20, 2005 upon the resignation of Mike Johanns . He won a full...

. After re-election and serving out his second term, Garber returned to Red Cloud.

Silas Garber died in Red Cloud, Nebraska on January 12, 1905.