. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . ate. They werelargely interested in the Omaha & Northwestern Railroad, now a part of the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha, and have alsobeen interested in railroads in other portions of the country, particularly the Denver & South Park, now owned by the Union Pacific, the Sabine & East Texas Railway, running from SabinePass to the Neches river in Texas,
. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . ate. They werelargely interested in the Omaha & Northwestern Railroad, now a part of the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha, and have alsobeen interested in railroads in other portions of the country, particularly the Denver & South Park, now owned by the Union Pacific, the Sabine & East Texas Railway, running from SabinePass to the Neches river in Texas, which road has sincebeen merged into the Texas & New Orleans system ofroads; the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railway,a pait of the Fitchbuig system of roads, which systemincludes the famous Hoosac Tunnel, Troy & Greenfield,as well as the Tioy &. Boston, making a continuous linefiom Boston, Mass , to Tio>, New York. Until their con-Augustus was piesident of the B., H. T. & W.,and is now a duector in the ? consolidated !;ustus Kountze was also treasurer, for a number of^ I of the then leiutoiy of Nebraska, and was oneUnion Pacific Railroad, as welland later on held the appoint-. 1 ment of a United States Governof said railroad company, and at the time olhe was largely instrumental insecuring for it the right of way and terminalfacilities in Omaha. During his residence inOmaha he was engaged in the lianking inter-ests of the firm, including those named, withthe branches at Central City, Colorado, andCheyenne, Wyoming. The Kountze Memo-rial Lutheran church, of Omaha, to which hewas a most generous contributor, was namedin honor of his father. After Augustus wentto New York, Herman took the managementof the affairs of the firm in Nebraska, Iowaand Minnesota. The new First National Dankbuilding in Omaha, costing, including realty,$300,000, is another monument of their en-terprise, and to Herman Kountze largelybelongs the credit for its erection. Mr. Her-man Kountze h
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