Note: The author seems to have prepared a Table of Contents without ever comparing it to the final arrangement of the actual text! There are no page numbers, etc. Have added some "anchors" (bookmarks) to aid in navigation. Have rearranged some "titles" to resemble the order in which those portions of the text appear! As a consequence, what appears following has only partial resemblance to the original Table of Contents in the book. You may still find things that are "out of order".

 

      Origin of History.--The Cemetery of the Past.--The Carboniferous Age, The Oldest Document.--The Cretaceous Period; Fossil Leaves, Oysters and Small Sea Animals.--Record of the Bad Lands, Menagerie of the World-Dead.--Suggestive Inspiration.

 

      Evidences of Ancient Habitations.--Stories of French Trappers.--Discovery of Ancient Flint Mines.--Burial Mounds.--Location of Early Aborigines.--Indian Fire Places.

 

      Three Distinct Indian Peoples--The Pawnee, Location, Advancement, Customs, Wars.--The Otoes.--The Poncas; Romantic Story, Friends of the Whites, Removal to Indian Territory, Pathetic Parting with Old Home, Standng (sic) Bear's Return, Important Suit Securing a Writ of Habeas Corpus, page 22; Citizens of the State.--The Omahas; Long Residence, Traditions, Noted Chiefs, Men and Women of Talent, Number, The Men Voters.--The Nebraska Sioux; Scorned Garden Industry and Permanency, Perpetual Wars, Territory Covered, First Killing of White Men, General Harney's Signal Avenge, p 27; Spectacular Farewell to Nebraska.--The Cheyenne and Arapahoes; Hunting Grounds, Language, Ancestry, Disposition.

 

      First Explorers, Undisputed Record.--Coronado's Expedition.--The Story of Quivira.--Fables of Spanish and French Literature on Nebraska History.--The Period of the Real Explorer.

 

      The Louisiana Purchase.--Lewis and Clark Expedition.--The First Council.--Pike Exploration.--First Permanent Settlement, p 42; Manuel Lisa, Trading Posts Established, The Seat of Western Diplomacy, Introduction of Improved Agriculture.--The Founding of Bellevue.--Ft. Atkinson.--A New Epoch, p 47--First Missions.

 

      Early Possessors.--Purchase by America, Laws and Government.--Commercial Methods and Legislation.--Immigration of Indians to Territory.--Treaties.--George Catlin, Prince Maxmilian and John C. Fremont Expeditions.--A Parting Glance in the Forties.

 

      First Step to Organization.--A War Measure.--Earliest Suggestion of the Name Nebraska.--First Bill to Create a Territory.--Cause of Measures Being Oppressed, Sectional Conflict.--Effect of the Slavery Compromise.--Mormon Emigration.--Establishment of Old Fort Kearney.--Second Nebraska Bill Introduced, p 63--A New Phase, The Railroad Question, Further Complications.--Fierce Debate in Congress Over Nebraska Territory.--The Organization Defeated.--Third Nebraska Bill, p 69, New Provisions, and Motive Behind Them, --The Nebraska-Kansas Substitute, The Contest and Passage in the Senate.--Passage in the House of Representatives.--The Rights of the Indians, p 75--The Attitude of Southern Statesmen.--Nebraska a Territory.--Effect in the North; Influence on Slavery Extension, Migration Westward, The Commercial Trend.

 

Beginning of Territorial Life.--A Score of Pressing Public Questions.--Location of Townsites.--Rivals for the New Nebraska Capitol.--Territorial Census.--First Session of Nebraska Legislature.--The Agitation for a Pacific Railroad.--Leading Features in First Legislation.--Claim Club Law.--Sioux Raid.--The "Catfish War.", p 80--Early Nebraska Revenue Systems.--Wild Cat State Banks.--The Census of 1856.--More Nebraska Wild Cats.--Flush Times.--Nebraska's First Real Estate "Boom."-The Panic of 1857.--Bottom Falls Out of the Market for Town Lots.--The Wild Cats' Den.--Hard Times.--The Legislature Passes Bill Moving the Capitol up Salt Creek.--Governor Izard Vetoes It.--Another Legislature.--More Capital Revenue Bills.--Free-for-All Legislation Knock Down.--The Florence "Rebellion."--Arrival of Governor Richardson.--Death of Secretary Cuming, p 85--J. Sterling Morton Becomes Secretary of State.--First Organization of Political Parties in Nebraska.--The Black Republicans.--Prohibition Repealed.--First Homestead Exemption Law.--Nebraska Warrants Selling for Thirty Cents on the Dollar.--The South Platte "Secession" Movement.--Convention Asks to Unite with Kansas.--First Contest between Republicans and Democrats.--The Pawnee War of 1859, p 90--The United States Census of 1860.--The Morton-Daily Campaign for Congress.--Governor Black Vetoes Bill Abolishing Slavery in Nebraska,--National Republican Administration.--Nebraska's Part in the Civil War, p 93--The Sioux.--Cheyenne War on the Frontier.--The First Homestead 1863.--The Union Pacific Railroad.

 

      Earliest Statehood Movement.--Defeated by the People, 1860.--The Campaign of 1866. -The Election Dinner in Rock Bluffs Precinct.--Andrew Johnson's Veto.--The Negro Question Again. Final Triumph of Statehood.

 

      Early Statehood Days.--The First Capital and Town Lot Sales.--The Union Pacific and Burlington Railroads.--The Tide of Immigration.--Impeachment of Governor Butler.--Defeat of New Constitution, 1871, p 108.--Early School Plans.--The Salt Works.--The Grasshopper Visitation.--The Constitution of 1875.--Early Grange Organization.--Beginnings of Anti-Monopoly.--Fight to Tax Railroad Lands.--Census Figures of 1870 and 1880, p 114.--The Great Migration to the Plains.--Conflict between Homesteaders and Cattlemen.--Extension of Northwestern Railroad.--South Omaha Stock Market.--Nebraska's Second Real Estate "Boom."-Defeat of Prohibition and Woman Suffrage. Growth in Wealth.--Ascendency of Republican Party.--The Drouth Decade, p 118--Depopulation of the Plains.--State Relief. The Farmers Alliance.--A Political Revolution-Lines of Conflict. Legislative Changes. -Changes in Nebraska Public Thought.--The Failure to Regulate Railways.--Industrial Discoveries.--Alfalfa.--Winter Wheat.--Creameries.--Beet Sugar.--Irrigation.--The Last Indian War.--Wounded Knee.--Restoration of the Republican Party.--Present Public Questions.--Conclusion.

Note: Several subjects mentioned in the above chapter appear very briefly, and some not at all!

 

      Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Omaha.--Institute for the Blind, Nebraska City.--Boys Industrial School, Kearney.--Girls Industrial School, Geneva.--Chronic Insane Asylum, Hastings.--Hospital for the Insane, Lincoln.--Home for the Friendless, Lincoln.--Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford.--State Penitentiary, Lincoln.--State University of Nebraska, Lincoln.--Fisheries, South Bend.--Branch Soldiers and Saliors (sic) Home, Milford.--School of Agriculture, Lincoln.--State Normal School, Peru.--Institution for the Feeble Minded Youth, Beatrice.

Photo only: Soldiers and Sailors Home, Grand Island.

 Note: Above set of titles rearranged to match the order in which the subjects appear in the book!

Governors of Nebraska.--Nebraska's Representatives in Congress.--State Officials--
(Members of Congress from NE), p 154

County Histories.--Court Houses and County Officials. ... pages 156 to 347

Adams 156 Antelope 158 Banner 160 Blaine 162 Boone 164 Box Butte 166 Boyd 173 Brown 168 Buffalo 170 Burt 173 Butler 175 Cass 177 Cedar 180 Chase 180 Cherry 183 Cheyenne 185 Clay 188 Colfax 190 Cuming 193 Custer 194 Dakota 199 Dawes 201 Dawson 203 Deuel 206 Dixon 208 Dodge 211 Douglas 213 Dundy 216 Fillmore 218 Franklin 220 Frontier 222 Furnas 224 Gage 226 Garfield 229 Gosper 232 Grant 236 Greeley 234 Hall 238 Hamilton 241 Harlan 243 Hayes 245 Hitchcock 246 Holt 247 Hooker 250 Howard 252 Jefferson 255 Johnson 257 Kearney 259 Keith 262 Keya Paha 265 Kimball 268 Knox 271 Lancaster 273 Lincoln 275 Logan 279 Loup 279 Madison 282 McPherson 282 Merrick 284 Nance 286 Nemaha 290 Nuckolls 292 Otoe 294 Pawnee 297 Perkins 299 Phelps 300 Pierce 301 Platte 305 Polk 303 Red Willow 307 Richardson 309 Rock 311 Saline 313 Sarpy315 Saunders 317 Scotts Bluff 319 Seward 322 Sheridan 324 Sherman 326 Sioux 329 Stanton 331 Thayer 333 Thomas 334 Thurston 336 Valley 338 Washington 340 Wayne 342 Webster 345 Wheeler 347 York 347

 

(NE Representatives, 1903, pp 350 & 351)--(Miscellaneous Biographies, pp 352-355)--(NE Senators, 1903, p 356)--(Miscellaneous Biographies, p 357--Omaha Auditorium, p 364--NE Dairy Industry, p 365)--Nebraska's Grain Production--The Beet Sugar Industry--The Nebraska Poultry Industry --The State Cattle Industry.--The Swine Industry.--The South Omaha Union Stock Yards.--(Image of 8 State Officials--NE State Horticultural Society, p 369--NE State Board of Agriculture--NE Board of Regents, p 371)--The Nebraska State Historical Society.--Nebraska Commission to the St. Louis Fair, p 372--(Deputy and Assistant State Officers, p 373)--Nebraska National Guard, p 375

Some "titles" added for above chapter.  Leftovers from the original set of "titles" for Chapter 12 --The Sheep Industry.---Nebraska Irrigation Association.--Comparative Illustrations.

This book is a "good read", but the Table of Contents is terrible! T&C Miller