History of
Douglas
County, NE
New 116
Page Illustrated
Booklet
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Early days in Douglas
County, Nebraska, and the City of Omaha are recalled through
colorful tales and factual data in this 116-page spiral bound booklet
excerpted from the rare 1882 book: History of the State of Nebraska,
originally published by the Western Historical Co. of Chicago, and
Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State, a 1939 project
of the Federal Writers of the Works Progress Administration. The
booklet is printed on 60# paper. A vinyl sheet has been added to
protect the full-color front cover.
Among the many subjects
included are: Early Settlers
and visitors, including the Mormon Advent, and many others, such
as James Mitchell, A.D. Jones, Bill Allen and others; Establishment
of the first post office; Settlers in 1854; Tradition of the origin
of name "Omaha"; Omaha surveyed and divided into blocks;
Pioneer Events such as the first marriage, first birth, first house,
first 4th of July celebration, etc.; Political Organization; Selection
of Omaha as state capital; Gov. Thomas Cuming; First state capitol
with drawing; An Executive Ball and other social events; The first
Murder trial; Religious Awakening; Progress in 1856; Pioneer Justice;
Panic of 1857; the "Omaha Claim Club"; Officers of Douglas
County; County buildings; Agricultural Society; Old Settlers' Association;
Periods of Depression and Prosperity; Lynch law; Omaha in the Pawnee
War; the Union Pacific Railroad; Civil War period; George Francis
Train and the Cozzens Hotel; An Indian scare in 1864; Post-war boom;
Removal of the Capital to Lincoln; Omaha thru the years; View of
Farnam Street in 1866, Various murders and crimes, including a detailed
account of the unsolved murder of Watson Smith in 1881, possibly
for his stand on temperance; a railroad strike in 1882; The burning
of the Grand Central Hotel and other fires; Utilities; the Board
of Health; Hanscom Park; Newspapers; Churches; Creighton College,
Brownell Hall, Great Western Business College; Public Schools; Nebraska
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb; the Legal Profession; Territorial
Courts; Libraries; Medical Profession; Boyd's Opera House, Hotels;
Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Temperance groups and other
Societies; Banks; Stock Yards; Omaha Horse Railway; Manufacturing
Interests; Brief histories of Millard,
Waterloo, Valley and Elkhorn Station. and
other items of interest.
The final part of
the booklet contains a brief excerpt from Nebraska, a Guide to
the Cornhusker State, compiled and written by the Federal Writer's
Project of the WPA in 1939. This includes a description of Omaha,
with two maps and 62 points of interest, and a brief item on Boys
Town.
The booklet contains
many names, but no biographies. We have a separate booklet available
on eBay containing biographies of many prominent citizens of Douglas
County in 1882.
Wouldn't this
make a unique gift?
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