. 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 . elmont county, Ohio, August , of Irish parentage. Hi^early days were passed upon ;ifarm, but at the age of twentxhe took the contract for bulMing part of tiie National stagi-road from Wheeling, WJ-^iVirginia, to Springfield, Ohio ing/ln~sVbut U w,snolunldiS^ branch of it in wVikU li^achieved his greatest -,uccr~-and laid the found
. 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 . elmont county, Ohio, August , of Irish parentage. Hi^early days were passed upon ;ifarm, but at the age of twentxhe took the contract for bulMing part of tiie National stagi-road from Wheeling, WJ-^iVirginia, to Springfield, Ohio ing/ln~sVbut U w,snolunldiS^ branch of it in wVikU li^achieved his greatest -,uccr~-and laid the foundation of hi^after fortunes. In that year hereceived the contract for andconstructed a telegraph linebetween Springfield and Cincinnati. Io this business hedevoted his time and energiesfor five years, being success-fidly engaged in the construc-tion of telegraph lines in of the country, complcling the line from Cleveland loChicago in 1852. In 1830,while engaged in telegraphconstruction in Missouri, visited Omaha andhis brothers, John A., Janus,and Joseph, and his cousinJames, locating here, he returned to Ohio where howedded Mary Lucretia Wareham, of Dayton, and in 1S57hnuself came to Omaha and elegr Hei Mr. THE LATE EP iid triumph in the flush of :connection with the outerworld, via St. Louis. Foryen IS Mr. Creighton had en- Iciiained a pet project — theI mi Id ing of a line to the Pacific?.—and in the winter ofI ^ o - after many conferencesWilli the wealthy stockholders-I I he Western Union com-pany, a preliminary survey hc^ cnch was the cr from Indians and roadIs. In the stage coachCreighton made his wayalt Lake City, where heled the interest and sup-of Brigham Voung, theL head of the Mormonch, in his project. It hadarranged to associate thebrnia State Telegraphpany in the enterprise,on to Sacramento in mid-Mr. Creighton pressedon horseback. It was a terri-ble journey, but the man whonuiie it was of stout heart, andIn ,i\t il the rigo
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