Nellie Snyder Yost

(1905-1992) born at North Platte, lived near Maxwell, Lincoln County. Author, farmer, became known as biographer of Western history, she wrote or edited 15 books, all achieved during the last 40 years of her life, and contributor of short Western articles for several periodicals, recipient of several awards, including the Wrangler Award of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame at Oklahoma City in 1979 for her notable biography of Buffalo Bill Cody; was first woman to serve on board of directors of the Nebraska State Historical Society. Consult North Platte Telegraph, November 20, 1969, pp 1, 4 and Chicago Tribune, February 6, 1980, Sec. 3, pp. 2, 8 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, July 6, 1980, pp. 12-13 and Contemporary Authors—New Revision Series, Vol 16 (Gale, 1986) 472-473 and Jean Mead, Maverick Writers (Caxton, 1989) 127-129 and obituaries in North Platte Telegraph, January 17, 1992, pp. 1, 8 and Time, January 27, 1992, p. 39.

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