Biographical Sketches
Marilla Frederick Flynn
The first white woman in Valley county was Marilla Frederick who came here with her father in July 1872. She was at that time a young lady of about 15 years of age. In 1877 she went to Omaha where she met a young soldier named Flynn who was stationed at Ft. Omaha. He was soon afterwards transferred to Ft. Laramie, Wyoming, where they were married the following year. In July, 1885, they returned to Valley county where they lived on various rented farms till Mr. Flynn's death, April 18, 1895. In 1900 Mrs. Flynn bought her present farm just cornering on her father's old homestead in Springdale.
Source: Transcription from the book, The Trail of the Loup; Being a History of the Loup River Region, by H. W. Foght, published in 1906; located on the website, Internet Archive (http://archive.org), accessed 30 December 2025.
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