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Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska
Douglas County
Produced by Liz Lee.



Douglas County Chapter Table of Contents

Douglas County Names Index

Part 1: Douglas County History

SECTION 1:
 The Mormon Advent | Renewal of Attempts at Settlement
SECTION 2:

 First Postal Arrangements | Settlers in 1854 | Tradition of the Name
Omaha Surveyed | Pioneer Events
SECTION 3:

 Political Organization | Selection of Omaha as Capital
An Executive Ball | The First Murder Trial
SECTION 4:

 Religious Awakening | Progress in 1856 | Pioneer Justice
Attempt to Remove the Capital | The Panic of 1857
SECTION 5:

 Claims Troubles | Official Roster | County Buildings
Douglas County Agricultural Society | The Old Settlers' Association

Part 2: History of Omaha

Note: Because of the length of the Omaha Part Index of the Douglas County Chapter, an abbreviated version (not the complete list) of the different sections will be on each page. Please refer back to the Omaha first page, or to this page for the complete listing.

SECTION 1:



 The Early Days | The Death of Governor Cuming
Commercial Depression | Dawn of Prosperity | Lynch Law
Commerce in 1859 | Omaha in the Pawnee War
The Inception of the U. P.
SECTION 2:



 The Overland Freight and Telegraph Lines | First Grist Mill
Omaha in 1860 | The Call for Troops | The City During the War
George Francis Train | An Indian Scare | A "Boom" in Business
Removal of the Capital
SECTION 3:
 Omaha in 1870 | Incorporation | Donations| Official Roster
SECTION 4:



 The Present Municipal Government | Bonded Debt Outstanding
Police Department | Wind and Hail Storm | Crime and Criminals
Summary Justice | The Execution of Tator
The Baker-Higgins Tragedy | The Killing of Davis
SECTION 5:

 Crimes of a Later Date | The Murder of Watson B. Smith
The Great Strike
SECTION 6:

 Fire Department | Fires in Omaha | Conflagration of 1877
Smaller fires | Water Works | Gas Works
SECTION 7:

 Board of Health | Hanscom Park | Post Office
The Railway Mail Service
SECTION 8:


 The Press in Omaha | The Arrow | The Nebraskian | The Times
The Telegraph | The Independent | The Omaha Republican
Nebraska Daily Statesman
SECTION 9:

 The Omaha Herald | The Tribune | The Omaha Bee
Other Jounalistic Venures
SECTION 10:
 Religious
SECTION 11:
 Religious (cont.)
SECTION 12:


 Prospect Hill Cemetery | Public Schools | Creighton College
Brownell Hall | Great Western Business College
Nebraska Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
SECTION 13:

 The Legal Profession | Territorial Courts | Libraries
Medical Profession | Medical Societies
SECTION 14:
 Boyd's Opera House | Hotels | Business Blocks
SECTION 15:

 Masonic | Freemason's Hall | I. O. O. F. | Odd Fellows' Hall
Knights of Pythias | Ancient Order United Workmen
SECTION 16:
 Temperance Societies | Miscellaneous Societies
SECTION 17:

 Banks and Banking | Stock Yards | Boyd's Pork Packing House
Union Elevator | Omaha Horse Railway
SECTION 18:
 The Manufacturing Interests of Omaha
SECTION 19:

 The Manufacturing Interests of Omaha (cont.) | Business Interests of Omaha | Recapitulation
SECTIONS
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 ** Omaha Biographical Sketches **
| ABLE~BARRIGER | BARTLETT~BOYD | BOYER~BURNHAM |
| BURR~CONKLING | COFFMAN~CREIGHTON |
| CRITTENTON~DIETZ | DINSMOOR~FAWCETT |
| FEARON~GAYLORD | GELATTE~GROSSMANN |
| GROSS~HAVENS | HAWES~HOILE |
| HOLDREDGE~JORGENSEN | JOSLYN~LEISENRING |
| LEHMAN~LOWE | LUDINGTON~MARHOFF |
| MANNING~MILLER | MILLSPAUGH~NINDEL |
| O'CONNOR~PEABODY | PAUL~READ | REDICK~ROGERS |
| ROSENBERY~SCOTT | SEAMAN~SIMPSON | SINCERE~STONE |
| STORZ~UMPHRESON | URLAU~WILBUR | WILDE~WOOD |
| WOODARD~ZEHRUNG | West Omaha Precinct | Douglas Precinct |


Part 3: Other Towns and Communities

SECTION 1:


 Florence:  Early History | An Era of Prosperity | Biographical Sketch
Millard:  Early History | Schools | Business Interests| Biographical Sketches
SECTION 2:

 Waterloo:  First Things | Associations | The Press | Churches
Hotels | Biographical Sketches
SECTION 3:
 Valley:  First Things | Biographical Sketches
SECTION 4:

 Elkhorn Station:  Biographical Sketches
Biographical Sketches:  Elkhorn Precinct | Union Precinct


Index of Illustrations in Douglas County Chapter
  1. [FIRST STATE CAPITOL BUILDING]
  2. [VIEW OF FARNAM STREET IN 1866.]
  3. [OMAHA FROM THE EAST]
  4. [INTERIOR VIEW OF GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE.]
  5. [BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE.]
  6. [STRANG BUILDING.]
  7. [TOOTLE, MAUL & CO.'S WHOLESALE DRY GOODS HOUSE.]
  8. [MRS. L. M. GRAY'S MILLINERY STORE.]
  9. [A. M. CLARK'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PAINT AND WALL PAPER HOUSE.]
  10. [VIEW OF ELEVATOR.]
  11. [WILLOW SPRINGS DISTILLERY]
  12. [OMAHA WHITE LEAD WORKS.]
  13. [MAP of OMAHA CITY]
  14. [Portrait of B. B. Barkalow]
  15. [RESIDENCE OF S. D. BARKALOW.]
  16. [Portrait of J. E. Boyd]
  17. [Portrait of N. J. Burnham]
  18. [Portrait of Robert A. Clarkson]
  19. [Portrait of Victor H. Coffman, M. D.]
  20. [Portrait of W. J. Connell]
  21. [Portrait of Chas. M. Dinsmoor]
  22. [Portrait of L. B. Graddy, M. D.]
  23. [Portrait of P. Grossmann, M. D.]
  24. [RESIDENCE OF C. W. HAMILTON.]
  25. [RESIDENCE OF GEO. A. HOAGLAND.]
  26. [A. B. HUBERMAN'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT.]
  27. [RESIDENCE OF N. A. KUHN, COR. OF DODGE AND JEFFERSON STREETS.]
  28. [HENRY LEHMANN'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WALL PAPER ESTABLISHMENT.]
  29. [INTERIOR VIEW OF G. A. LINDQUEST'S MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, FARNAM STREET. ESTABLISHED 1874.]
  30. [INTERIOR OF RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT OF W. F. LORENZEN'S CIGAR MANUFACTORY.]
  31. [Portrait of Enos Lowe]
  32. [H. H. MARHOFF'S TRUNK MANUFACTORY.]
  33. [Portrait of S. D. Mercer, M. D.]
  34. [Portrait of James O'Connor]
  35. [Portrait of S. A. Orchard]
  36. [DR. J. C. PANTER'S DRUG STORE.]
  37. [PAXTON & GALLAGHER'S WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE.]
  38. [Portrait of James H. Peabody, M. D.]
  39. [Portrait of J. P. Peck, M. D.]
  40. [Portrait of John I. Redick.]
  41. [RESIDENCE OF JOHN I. REDICK.]
  42. [J. L. RICE & CO.'S BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY.]
  43. [Portrait of Sam E. Rogers]
  44. [Portrait of A. Saunders]
  45. [W. T. SEAMAN'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PAPER AND STATIONERY HOUSE.]
  46. [Portrait of N. Shelton]
  47. [JIM STEPHENSON'S LIVERY STABLE, COR. HARNEY AND TENTH STREETS.]
  48. [Portrait of John M. Thurston]
  49. [Portrait of Jno L. Webster]
  50. [CIGAR MANUFACTORY OF WEST & FRITSCHER, 1305 DOUGLAS STREET.]
  51. [Portrait of John G. Willis]
  52. [Portrait of R. H. Willis]
  53. [Portrait of O. S. Wood, M. D.]
  54. [Portrait of Clark Woodman]
  55. [RESIDENCE OF CLARK WOODMAN.]
  56. [RESIDENCE OF J. M. WOOLWORTH.]
  57. [ELAM CLARK & SONS' MILL.]
  58. [RESIDENCE OF MRS. SALLEY KELSEY.]



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