Silas Garber was governor of Nebraska from 1875 until 1879. Joseph Garber was a member of the Nebraska Constitutional Convention of 1875. These brothers were pioneers in the first settlement of the Republican Valley region. They were representatives of their section and leaders in the western Nebraska movement which shifted the political and social control of Nebraska from the border counties along the Missouri river westward. Their family history is, therefore, an interesting and important part of Nebraska history. The work of Cora Garber Dunning, daughter of Joseph Garber and niece of Governor Silas Garber, in compiling this pamphlet has been a labor of love and family pride. It has involved a large amount of research and correspondence. The Nebraska State Historical Society has been glad to encourage her and is glad to commend the results of her labor in the form of this monograph.

	ADDISON E. SHELDON,
June 20, 1921.	Superintendent.