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1869: Lancaster County commissioners approved a proposal by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad to put the route under contract to Lincoln in return for $50,000 in bonds to be issued upon completion of the road. Voters later accepted this…

Entertainment rode the rails with a production founded by Walter Savidge, a Holt County native.

1869: The Ponca Natives put in 300 acres of crops that had just started to grow when grasshoppers virtually destroyed them.

1869: Brevet Maj. Gen. Christopher Columbus Agur was named commander of the Army's Department of the Platte.

Arbor Manor was home to food, entertainment before peacocks and other pets.

1869: Lincoln completed incorporation.