Excerpt from History of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska: With Brief Historical Sketches of the State and of Lancaster County; And Accurate Compilation of Facts and Historical Dates, Together With Many Interesting Reminiscences of the Early Days of Lincoln; The Lincoln of the to-Day and the Territory Over Which The authors of this work have undertaken the task of recording the history, of Lincoln at this time, because they felt that it was a work that should be performed while it was still possible to get the facts from those who are personally cognizant of them. Even at this time, only twenty-two years away from the founding of the city, much difficulty has been experienced in getting the absolute facts of the early days; and while great care has been taken to secure strict accuracy in all the features of this work, the authors cannot hope to have been en tirely successful in their endeavor. But the volume is given to the public with the request that such credit be given to it as is due to work conscientiously and honestly performed. History is made rapidly in this representative city of a wonderfully developing State, and the authors of this work expect to continue in the future the work they have begun in the following pages. They therefore request all who read this volume to notify them of any inaccuracies that may be dis covered in its pages, and to communicate to them any facts omitted herein and which would be of interest and value to the people of Lin coln and of the State as a part of the city's history. The authors de sire to express their thanks to those persons who have generously assisted in the preparation of these pages, among whom may be men tioned Hon. C. H. Gere, Hon. John Gillespie, Col. Simon Benadom, Hon. Thomas Hyde, Hon. John S. Gregory, Major Bohanan, and others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.