Nebraska News

1870: The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, scheduled to complete its track from the Missouri River at Plattsmouth to Lincoln in the spring, was offering good terms on land to prospective settlers.

1870: The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, scheduled to complete its track from the Missouri River at Plattsmouth to Lincoln in the spring, was offering good terms on land to prospective settlers.

1870: Another wagon train of immigrants passed through Lincoln. Delighted by the country, several said they were going to remain here and settle.

1870: Reports from the area were that about 30 Natives had attacked a railroad construction crew near Sidney but that the well-armed attackers were driven off by the railroaders. The railroad crew believed that their at-tackers suffered one fatality.

1870: The Columbus cor-respondent for the Omaha Republican stated that the lands west of Kearney were “destined to remain a deserted waste.” The North Platte Independent rebuked the writer as ignorant and prophesied great agricultural achievement for the area.

1870: The Lincoln Silver Cornet Band serenaded Lincoln residents on an unusual-ly springlike night. A Lincoln editor reported, “The concord of sweet sounds that burst upon our startled ears about midnight was truly ravishing.”