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| | MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Nebraska |
 | | From 1900 to the beginning of World War I in 1914, however, both political parties in Nebraska were characterized by a growing belief that more government action was required to meet individual needs. | | | For two years Red Cloud and his allies besieged these forts, and after long negotiations, in 1869 Red Cloud and the U.S. government signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, under which the United States agreed to abandon the Bozeman Trail. | | | But many Nebraskans also doubted the loyalty of the stateâs large German American population, many of whom spoke German in everyday conversation and read local German-language newspapers. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/text_761561370___77/Nebraska.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nebraska |
| | The Constitution of Nebraska guarantees complete freedom of worship and equal rights to men of every creed, but recognition is given to the pre-eminence of Christianity. | | | This is disputed and critics claim that he did not come further north than a point in Kansas, near Junction City. | | | When allotting land to the Indians, the government set aside a tract in the southeast part of the state called the Half-Breed Tract, the French Canadians who had married squaws settled on this land. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10729b.htm
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| | WebRoots Library U.S. History |
| | Two alleged jayhawkers, arrested in Johnson county, were brought to Nebraska City, where one was shoved under the ice of the frozen Missouri river, and the other was released and then followed and shot dead. | | | Morton as the candidate of the party, although he is not such a democrat as I can heartily support." It was charged against Black that he did everything in his power to defeat Morton -- worked, spent money, and voted against him. | | | I had no more suspicion or thought that any other person than myself would be sworn in as delegate from Nebraska than you, Mr. |
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http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/honjsm11.html
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| | Nebraska, United States State Maps,antique maps,antique globes, historical prints, travel guides, atlases, gazetteers |
| | From The Columbian atlas of the world we live in. | | | Similar to an A. Grant's Standard American atlas of the world, map. | | | 15.5"H. x 21"W. JOHNSON'S NEBRASKA, DAKOTA, COLORADO, IDAHO and KANSAS. |
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http://www.murrayhudson.com/antique_maps/us_state_maps/nebraska.html
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| | Wyoming Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Idaho Territory subsumed this land as well in 1863. | | | and subsumed into the Idaho Territory in 1863. | | | Portions of the territory which eventually fell under Wyoming's jurisdiciton were at various points associated with Washington, |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Territory
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| | Rev. Giddings comes to Nebraska Territory |
| | Several small hand-sewn diaries in the Gere collection at the Nebraska State Historical Society describe in a poignant way the trials of this time. | | | This interview is preserved by the Table Rock Historical Society. | | | Between 1832 when he was admitted as a “Probationer” and 1857 when he left for Nebraska, C. Giddings served 14 different locations in these conferences. |
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http://www.griffingweb.com/rev__giddings_comes_to_nebraska_territory.htm
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| | Nebraska News |
| | The Indians understood the world to have a unity or coherence that was incomprehensible to European Americans. | | | Nebraska also supplied national leadership for the Populist movement. | | | President Andrew Johnson, convinced that the imposition of this condition on the state constitution was a violation of the U.S. Constitution, vetoed the act, but Congress overrode his veto. |
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http://www.geocities.com/airspirit333/Nebraska.html
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| | Antique Maps Of Nebraska |
| | This map shows the situation after the Montana Territory was broken off from the Idaho Territory in 1864. | | | This fine map is from one of his son's atlases issued second half of the century. | | | This is primarily reflected in the creation of new counties, but there is also new survey information such as the extension of rivers. |
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http://www.philaprintshop.com/nebraska.html
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| | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| | Henry Ward Beecher, condemned the bill from his pulpit and helped to raise funds to supply weapons to those willing to oppose slavery in these territories. | | | John Brown and five of his sons, were some of the | | | Where this life preserver was found, it was known that, by following their paths, near by water would be found. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASkansas.htm
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| | "Kansas Territory and Its Boundary Question: 'Big Kansas' or 'Little Kansas'" by Calvin W. Gower, Spring 1967 |
| | The reason the Democrats were trying to attach the gold fields to Kansas, one newspaper charged, was their belief that such a step either would prevent passage of the bill to admit Kansas or else would prevent the organization of a new territory in the gold region. | | | The move to establish a "State of Jefferson" was an extra-legal step by some of the people who had gone to the gold fields. | | | Then, on June 13 an announcement appeared in the press that Kansas had been thwarted in its statehood attempt by the majority of the Democrats in the senate, led by the Southern Democrats who opposed Kansas as a free state. |
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http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1967/67_1_gower.htm
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| | Ripley Roots Stories /Twigs |
| | In 1852 the Free Soil party, which had been formed in 1848 in Buffalo, New York, included in their party platform free homesteads for people. | | | The party slogan was, "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men." The Free Soilers were strong enough in the 1848 election to split the Democratic party. | | | Freeman went to Brownsville, Nebraska Territory, which was 40 miles from his intended claim on December 31, 1862. |
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http://thinkpint.com/ripleyroots/moschel33.html
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| | Lincoln/Net: The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Rise of the Republican party, 1854-1856 |
| | The region in question had been considered a vast desert and had consequently been consigned to the Indians. | | | By R.D. Monroe, Ph.D. Abraham Lincoln emerged from his self-imposed political retirement in 1854 soon after the Kansas-Nebraska Act became law. | | | Douglas framed the bill with the idea that the people of Nebraska and Kansas should decide for themselves whether they wished to permit slavery, a doctrine he called "popular sovereignty." He hoped that local control could remove slavery from the national political stage, where it had become a disruptive issue. |
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http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/biography6text.html
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| | It will be an earnest advocate of the immediate establishment of those industrial, social, political, and religious institutions which can avail a permanence to society." | | | Sterling Morton, the promoter of Arbor Day, edited the Nebraska City News to reflect his political views in support of the Democratic party. | | | This was the peak of newspaper publishing in the state, as the industry began a gradual decrease in the number of publications. |
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http://www.unl.edu/nebnews/newshis.html
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| | Kansas-Nebraska Act: Information From Answers.com |
| | Nebraska was admitted to the Union as a state after the Civil War in 1867. | | | The hostilities between the factions reached a state of low-intensity civil war which was extremely embarrassing to the U.S. federal government, especially as the nascent Republican Party sought to capitalise on the scandal of Bleeding Kansas. | | | Passage of the act was followed by the establishment of the Republican Party as a viable political organization opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/kansas-nebraska-act
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| | Bleeding Kansas |
| | Most of the Free State settlers were part of a movement called Free Soil, which demanded free territory for free white people. | | | The bill proposed organizing the Nebraska territory, which also included an area that would become the state of Kansas. | | | Douglas was also a fervent advocate of Manifest Destiny, the idea that the United States had the God-given right and obligation to take over as much land as possible and to spread its "civilizing" influence. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html
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| | Nebraska Quilts: A Patchwork History |
| | She painted the flowers on the quilt from wildflowers she found on her claim. | | | Names of family and friends, social gatherings, gossip, even a political comment on the 1896 election are embroidered on the blocks. | | | A premium tag from the 1906 New State Fair Association in Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), is still attached to the quilt. |
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http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/mnh/quilts.htm
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| | Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Nebraska as a Territory - Part 2 |
| | He had, I think, been Chief Clerk in some of the departments at Washington, and on his leaving for Nebraska received strong testimonial of respect by those under or associated with him. | | | And be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority, in and over said Territory of Nebraska, shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. | | | Each District Court, or the Judge thereof, shall appoint its Clerk, who shall also be the Register in Chancery, and shall keep his office at the place where the court may be held. |
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http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/territory/territory-p2.html
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| | Nebraska |
| | Nebraska was admitted into the Union in 1867 as the 37th state. | | | Omaha has been a major meatpacking center since the 1880s. | | | Although Omaha was the territorial capital, Lincoln, named in honor of the 16th president, is the state capital. |
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ne
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| | Search 1860 United States Federal Census |
| | The birthplaces of individuals were to be specific as to the state or territory in the United States and the country of birth if foreign born. | | | As enumerations of districts were completed, enumerators were instructed to make two copies: one to be filed with the clerk of the county court, one to be sent to the secretary of the state or territory, and the third to be sent to the Census Office for tabulation. | | | The 1860 census was the first to ask those being queried to reveal the value of their personal estates. |
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http://www.segenealogy.com/_search/census_1860.htm
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| | Bartholomew 1857 Map |
| | It was then attached to Washington until it was organized separately as the Idaho Territory in 1863. | | | Originally the Nebraska Territory comprised 351,558 square miles, but by 1863 the organization of the Colorado and Idaho (including the states of Montana and Wyoming) territories had reduced Nebraska almost to its present dimensions. | | | During the early 1850's, numerous U.S. Government surveying expeditions were made into the Rocky Mountain West. |
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http://cprr.org/Museum/Maps/Bartholomew_1857.html
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| | OHC - History - Ohio Comes of Age - Documents - Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| | First, the federal government had promised this territory to Native Americans. | | | While Douglas had now gained enough support to pass his bill in the United States Senate, he faced opposition from President Franklin Pierce. | | | Due to its greater population than the South, the North also had control of the United States House of Representatives. |
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http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/ocoa/doc/kna.shtml
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| | Fort Atkinson in Early Nebraska Territory |
| | Fort Atkinson was the earliest and largest town in what was to become the Nebraska Territory, and over one thousand soldiers and their families lived at this remote outpost from 1819 to 1827. | | | Outside the fortification was located a large council house for negotiating with the Indians, a gristmill, a schoolhouse, sawmill, and other buildings. | | | The fur trade became a dominant force for American expansion during this time period. |
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http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0400/stories/0401_0131.html
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| | Nebraska |
| | Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days, Journals of the Nebraska State Historical Society | | | Nebraska City Information, links to Nebraska communities on the Web | | | Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska, first published in 1882 by The Western Historical Company, A. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL. |
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http://www.rook.org/places/ne/nebraska.html
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| | Nebraska Territory Postal History |
| | Though the book is devoted to the Territorial period there is considerable coverage of the Pre-Territorial period and many of the markings were also used after Statehood. | | | Much background history is also provided to permit the postal history to be put in perspective with the Westward Expansion. | | | Postmaster compensation, a direct indication of the receipts are given for every Post Office, every other year as reported in the Official Register. |
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http://www.pbbook.com/neb.htm
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| | Putting Together Colorado Territory Postal History |
| | Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876 with the same boundaries as Colorado Territory which had preceded it. | | | Colorado Territory had in turn been formed on February 28, 1861 from portions of four different territories (Kansas, Utah, Nebraska and New Mexico) as shown on the map to the right. | | | The privately owned express companies, being an integral part of the mail handling services during this period, are also shown. |
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http://coloradoterritory.org
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| | Nebraska - The USGenWeb Census Project |
| | Subscribed and sworn to me as associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska this 20th day of September 1860 Teliager Wahilly Associate Justice of Supreme Court | | | The enumerator wrote at the end of the last settlement, Platte River Settlement, that he enumerated all of the above places as his subdivision in accordance with latitude and longitude figures: | | | All other 1860 Nebraska Territorial Schedules are listed under the appropriate counties. |
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http://www.us-census.org/states/nebraska/territorial.htm
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