R. V. Muir’s Dangerous Journey To Pay for Table Rock

Part 1 of 2 It’s the Story
  • R. V. Muir’s Dangerous Journey To Pay for Table Rock
    R. V. Muir’s Dangerous Journey To Pay for Table Rock
  • Above: Picture these two old folks, Esther & R. V. Muir, when they were only 29 years old. That is how old each was when Muir made his dangerous trip to Table Rock, leaving Esther at home with a toddler and a baby. This picture was taken in 1912, on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. This is the only known photograph of either.
    Above: Picture these two old folks, Esther & R. V. Muir, when they were only 29 years old. That is how old each was when Muir made his dangerous trip to Table Rock, leaving Esther at home with a toddler and a baby. This picture was taken in 1912, on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. This is the only known photograph of either.

    Don’t you just love a good story? 

    Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

    Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.

    In 1855, the year before Muir’s first trip to Nebraska, three men formed the Table Rock Town Company and began to lay out the town of Table Rock. They were James Hinton, John Fleming, and Robert Furnas (who was to become the second governor o…