Show ah e ad ata F by EDWARD EMERINE EMERIN features AOP ATOP the magnificent nebraska IL capitol stands a figure in bronze the it is the symbol of nebraska and Us its faith aith f nith faith f in the plains in the soil in nature nebraska Is 19 tho the abode of the sow or cr the seeds are sown the plants nurtured the harvest garnered in war or peace food is first on bork braskas nebraskan Ne long production line lina from wyoming Wyo mingin in th taft ewest west to the missouri river on the ea east at its corn fields its ita grain lands its ha rows of sugar beets its ranges where cattle cattie feed on native grasses from these come the foods that add to this nations greatness and the welfare of men everywhere orchards gardens field and ranges are ne braskas wealth and the top so soil ilits its source of well being tho the plains with nature as the were the camping and hunting grounds of seven tribes of indians tho the otoes fotoes the the tha pawnees Paw nees the doncas the sioux tho the and the Arapah oes hunted the shaggy bu buffalo fralo the fleet antelope the deer and other game which had grown tat fat on the ab abundant tare fare provided by the pr prairies airles a and nd streams the otoo aotoa indians called the region Neb which means flat w water a ind and referred to the long wide and shallow platte river battles round of indians tribe attacked tribe fighting ion for this greatest of hunting grounds the last great battle was fought be tween the tha sioux and the pawnees at ai massacre canyon near stanton 4 in 1873 there were around indians living in nebraska and their chief occupation was hunting I 1 some of them however pratt practiced iced primitive agriculture between wars many indian braves including spot led horse are buried in fort me pherson cemetery while others lla lie in pawnee battlefield the names of yellow hand crazy horse red cloud sitting bull and others remain in part of Ne braskas tradition and lore francesco francasco Francc vasquez coronado and his party of SO spanish cavalry were the first white men to visit nebraska that was in 1541 french fur traders and trappers began to venture p the missouri river about 1700 A spanish expedition under capt pedro do reached the region about 1721 1720 and was promptly massacred sacred near the present site B AS A X J GOV DWIGHT P F GRISWOLD goy dwight palmer griswold was born at harrlson harrison sioux co neb in 1893 ills parents were pioneers there lie ile graduated from nebraska unive university ralty in 1911 iio served on the mexican border as a sergeant in 1910 and as a first tenant and captain in world war I 1 lie was first a banker thew news paper publisher before becoming governor in 1940 lie ile has been reelected twice ills home Is gordon neb of bl Columbus the mallet brothers with a party of eight frenchmen named the platte plate river and trav cled bled nearly the entire length of the state stafe in 1839 I 1 spain france and england all aall R claimed the nebraska plains at A different times in 1769 1709 france ceded claims to theanea th earea area west of the mississippi to spain but in M ka J 4 Z N V X 3 V W 01 oay M NE BRASKA SOD this picture taken in show show a typical homesteader west of broken bow soliel his housing problem the modern electrified farm homes rew found in nebraska contrast strangely w it b this primitive structure 1601 napoleon bought I 1 it back 1131 thomaa thomas Jef jefferson forson in 1803 purchased nebraska from the little Cok corporal lewis and dark clark commanded the first expedition to nebraska 1804 1808 the Th eHunt hunt party of Ast skirted the nebraska region in 1811 on thear way to oregon seven of them returned the next year finding their way across the vast ra region by following the platte platta river to where it joins the missouri major jo r long lag with a party of 20 men in 1819 traveled from the missouri up the platte to the tha headwaters of its south fork near denver from 1807 1607 to 1820 manuel lisa became the leading fur fair trader and explorer of the nebraska region the first military post was fort atkinson established in 1819 1820 fren french ah traders end and trappers hunters of the buffalo soldiers era and adventurers began to wear deep trails in the gross grass the adian tribes resented the white r nan man there was unrest and battles end and mas massacres sil blood stained the prairie grass bloodcurdling blood curdling war cries in tho he night drove fear into the hearts heart of strong men westward hot hoi rich nich londin land in oregon gol gold d in california nebraska became the highway af an expanding restless imaginative adventurous nation West westward waid across nebraska the course of empire wended bended its way from independence ond and st joseph came the covered wagons of the ahe oregon trail gold seekers came to boloin them andeen heard of the california trall trail the mormons cormons Mor mons under Brigha Br ighani young mYoung camped uneasily one winter near omaha then struck OU out t boldly the next spring bomark to mark the mormon trail intrepid riders t 0 TO CHIMNEY ROCK near bayard neb one of the noted land landmarks marki ad on the old oregon trail Trall lashed bashed their horses from st joseph to sacramento and the pony express wai was born with of its weary miles through nebraska tage stage coaches traveled the overland trail through Ni nebraska braska and the union pacific struck out boldly from omaha toward the pacific ln 1665 the western unions telegraph poles were vere often cut down by ne nebraska braska indians the beckoned and men came with plows that bit into the grassroots nebraska was organized as a territory in 1834 1854 and become became a state on march 1 1887 1867 lincoln named for the great emancipator was made the capital nebraska become became kno known wn as th the a tree Pian planters state for those hardy pioneers soon set out windbreaks shade trees and orchards the home of J sterling morton to founder U ader of arbor day stands today as a monument to his outstanding work in nebraskan Ne braskas early homemaking home making days cattle ranching comes the buffalo were replace dby cattie tl and the open range thousands of cattle from texas were fed and fattened one of the most picturesque periods of Neli nebraska history was that of f the cowboy C from 1867 1807 canches and mixed farming faiming came next but the famous old co cow towns of schuyler north platte kearney and ogallala will never be ba forgotten their modern equivalents are broken bow burwell alliance and valentine the effe struggle between the cattlemen and the homesteaders is recorded dedin hi old jules by marl sandoz the planted good seed in good earth from that day in 1833 when moses merrell and his bis wife settled at bellvue and established the 8 first mission schoot school the bower has blessed Ne nebraska baska SOUTH DA Z 0 F I 1 to U 0 E RA S K OM HA a RAND I 1 N I 1 0 IN ajl zaw X AN SYN al SENATOR an ATOR NORRIS many people know abow about sen ben george W norris ot of nebraska and ills i record lo in the U S senate ex tending lending over a third of a century hut but in nebraska he Is honored for moro more than ilian the anti injunction bill hie tennessee valley authority and the lanie larn aluch tick amendment nebra nebraska a has the only unicameral or gnp house state stat legislature in all of the alie 48 stated the one house system begun began in 1937 and has 13 ni embers elected on a nonpar non nun par aisan ticket it A A 1 fu ij AIH j I 1 afek 1 I fi this reform la Is the handiwork of at georgew george W who devised atho tw plan spent bis fils i own money to c campaign m and work wor k for it 11 ahr through ough tile the efforts of senator morris nebraska has a huge arid system which in ii connection with irrigating a million acres ot of laud supplies electric cirlo power to farms and towns all except one or two private elect electric he utility companies have been taken aken over and added to tile the public power system I 1 senator norris nado enado his honar it mccoog until he died there here in n lil i W A w way t 11 a w |