A man poses for a portrait in this 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph. He wears a white shirt, a necktie, and a dark coat. He has a bushy mustache.
In December of 1870, Samuel Rising of Reading Township, Michigan, and his son Albert of Vernon Prairie, Iowa, filed for homesteads in Butler County, Nebraska. Samuel built his home on section 10 in Reading Township, the eventual site of Rising City. Samuel's three sons, Albert, Dennis, and Joseph, homesteaded land, and Samuel bought land for his youngest son, Jessie. Samuel and Albert Rising, along with A.F. Terpening, each gave 40 acres of land for the Rising City town site along the Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad.
