What to see in America . ne of the chief gateways to theWest. At South Omaha are great stockyards and packing-houses. Just north of the city is Fort Omaha, an importantsignal service, balloon, and wireless experiment station of theUnited States Army. Omaha was the first large city to adoptthe Commission form of government. When the Mormonswere preparing for their long march across the plains theyestablished themselves in winter quarters at a point about sixmiles north of the present Omaha, and sheltered themselvesin over seven hundred log cabins and dugouts. From therea first party of about on
What to see in America . ne of the chief gateways to theWest. At South Omaha are great stockyards and packing-houses. Just north of the city is Fort Omaha, an importantsignal service, balloon, and wireless experiment station of theUnited States Army. Omaha was the first large city to adoptthe Commission form of government. When the Mormonswere preparing for their long march across the plains theyestablished themselves in winter quarters at a point about sixmiles north of the present Omaha, and sheltered themselvesin over seven hundred log cabins and dugouts. From therea first party of about one hundred and fifty led by BrighamYoung set out on the march westward with seventy-threewagons drawn by horses and oxen in April. 1847. You findon that spot now a quaint, sleepy village, chiefly interesting for a few ancientlandmarks. At Omaha, onDecember 21,1863, ground wasbroken for theconstruction ofthe Union Pa-cific, the firstAmerican cross-continent rail-road. Its name ScoTTS Bluff and Platte Rivek waS based on the. Nebraskf 323 belief that the railroad would bind Union together. Theroute it follows is the same used hi he buffalo, gold seekers,pony express, and overland stage >ach. It is the shortestway, and the most free from barriers. The first throughtrain for San Francisco left Omaha in September, railroad was sold at Omaha, on November 1, 1897, inthe worlds greatest auction. It brought $57,564,,which was a trifle less than half the cost of construction. The Oregon pioneers went with the first wagons over themountains to the Pacific in 1843. From the time that goldwas discovered in California until the completion of therailroad the Overland Trail was in full tide of life. Onehundred thousand travelers passed over it yearly. .TheLincoln Highway, from New York to San Francisco, which isdesigned as a memorial to the martyr President, followsthe same trail. This improved thoroughfare is 3389 mileslong, and traverses thirteen states. While the Union Pacif
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