HISTORY OF NEBRASKA A HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FROM THE EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS OF THE WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOGRAVURES, COPPER PLATES, MAPS AND TABLES BY J. STERLING MORTON SUCCEEDED BY ALBERT WATKINS, PH. B., LL. B., AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. GEORGE L. MILLER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR THIRD EDITION VOLUME I LINCOLN WESTERN PUBLISHING AND ENGRAVING COMPANY 1911 T DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STRONG MEN AND NOBLE WOMEN WHO DARED THE DANGERS AND ENDURED THE HARDSHIPS OF PIONEER LIFE IN THE ́ "GREAT AMERICAN DESERT"; WHO FIRST PLOWED AND PLANTED UPON THESE PLAINS, AND WHO HERE FIRST BUILT AND CONSECRATED HOMES |