1889 HISTORY OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE LINK
  Title Page (Cover)  
  Illustrations Index  
  Advertisement Index  
  Preface  
I. The Lincoln of To-day 

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 One
II. Coronado's Discovery of Nebraska  15 Two
III. Nebraska from Territorial Times  25 Three
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IV. Nebraska's Resources   57 Four
V. Early Settlement of Lancaster County  67 Five
VI. Lancaster County Politically 82 Six
VII. The Salt Basins  90 Seven
VIII. Removal of the Capital to Lincoln  100 Eight
IX. Incidents of the Capital Removal  114 Nine
X. An Interesting Document -- The Original Report of the Capital Commissioners  124 Ten
XI. The Village of Lancaster from its Founding to 1867 -- Reminiscences of the Early Days  136 Eleven
XII. Lincoln from 1867 to 1869  147 Twelve
XIII. Lincoln for Twenty Years -- The Wonderful Growth into a City 164 Thirteen
XIV. Lincoln Politically 177 Fourteen
XV. The Railroads which Enter the City -- The great Territory which they lay Tributary to Her  200 Fifteen
XVI.  The State Institutions -- The Penitentiary Revolt  213 Sixteen
XVII.  Lincoln as an Educational Center  226 Seventeen
XVIII. The Churches of the City  247 Eighteen
XIX. Secret Orders  277 Nineteen
XX. Irish National League -- Sketches of its Prominent Leaders  299 Twenty
XXI. Financial Institutions of the city  313 Twenty-One
XXII. The Press of Lincoln  324 Twenty-Two
XXIII. Incarceration of the City Council  335 Twenty-Three
XXIV. The Tartarrax Pageant  339 Twenty-Four
XXV. Formation of the Old Settlers' Association -- Its list of members 346 Twenty-Five
XXVI. Lincoln's Remarkable growth -- Sketches of some of her Prominent Citizens 357 Twenty-Six

Index

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