Editing Garland, Nebraska (section)

==History==
In 1874, the Midland Pacific Railroad built the first railway in Seward County, laying tracks from [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]] to [[Seward, Nebraska|Seward]].<ref name=survey>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516234109/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/reports/seward_county.pdf "Seward County Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey".]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307215553/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.shtml Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref>  To finance the construction of the new line, the railroad sought money from the county.  However, the residents of the southern portion of the county voted overwhelmingly against the bond issue in an 1871 election: they were displeased at having been bypassed by an earlier railroad line, anticipated no benefits from the new line, and were angry with Seward, which had won the county seat away from the southern town of [[Milford, Nebraska|Milford]].  The failure of the bond issue forced the railroad to seek support from the northern portions of the county; so rather than following the desirable route up the valley of Middle Creek, the company agreed to build the line through [[Malcolm, Nebraska|Malcolm]] and then up into the hills of northeastern Seward County.  This measure won enough support for the bonds to be approved in 1872.<ref name=waterman1>Waterman, John H. (1916).  [https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00wate ''General History of Seward County, Nebraska''.]  Online at [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive].  pp. 99-105.  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref><ref name=casde>Gahm, Mary Lue.  [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/seward/garland/index.php "Garland--Seward County".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211035317/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/seward/garland/index.php |date=February 11, 2006 }}  [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=November 23, 2011 }}  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref>

A depot was established on a level place along the line, and the town of Germantown, named for the ethnicity of the local settlers, was platted in 1874 by Hiland Fraisure.<ref name=survey/><ref name=linder>Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925).  [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc "Nebraska Place-Names".]  University of Nebraska Department of English.  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref><ref name=waterman2>Waterman, John H. (1916).  [https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00wate ''General History of Seward County, Nebraska''.]  Online at [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive].  p. 79.  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref>

With the entry of the United States into World War I, [[anti-German sentiment]] was rampant.  German-language newspapers were closed and German-language Lutheran church services were ended.  Sauerkraut was dubbed "liberty cabbage", and dachshunds "liberty hounds".<ref name=german>[http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531 "Over Here: World War I on the Home Front".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813211700/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531 |date=August 13, 2006 }}  [http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ Digital History.]  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref> In this environment, the Germantown city council decided that the name had to be changed; and they resolved to rename the town after the first local soldier to die during the war.  Although several residents later fell by enemy action, the resolution had failed to specify the manner of death; so the honor went to Raymond Garland, who died of pneumonia before he ever reached France.<ref name=casde/>  On December 11, 1918, a month after the signing of the Armistice, Germantown became Garland.<ref name=nomform>Murphy, D.  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100616104240/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/seward/SW04-001_Germantown_St_Bnk.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Germantown State Bank Building".]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307215553/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.shtml Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved October 27, 2011.</ref>