History and stories of Nebraska . nand women may hope to earn their living and make them-selves useful to the state in which they dwell. How Nebraska Shall be Prosperous and Free.— Nebras-ka is a rich, great and beautiful state. She cannot stopwhere she now is. It is the law of life that states mustgrow stronger and wiser and better, or they must is the people who make a state, and the children to-daymake the people of to-morrow. Our fathers first of all madethis state free. Then they made it prosperous. Theymade it thus with labor of muscle and of brain. Theydid the rough work, they
History and stories of Nebraska . nand women may hope to earn their living and make them-selves useful to the state in which they dwell. How Nebraska Shall be Prosperous and Free.— Nebras-ka is a rich, great and beautiful state. She cannot stopwhere she now is. It is the law of life that states mustgrow stronger and wiser and better, or they must is the people who make a state, and the children to-daymake the people of to-morrow. Our fathers first of all madethis state free. Then they made it prosperous. Theymade it thus with labor of muscle and of brain. Theydid the rough work, they built the bridges, dug the wellsand broke the sod. They did not ask an easy time. Ifthey had, Nebraska would never have been built. For usis left to do the finer work, to use the improved ways, to NEBRASKA AS A STATE 295 skill develop the better knowledge. This requires greaterand finer training and persistent labor. Hard work and neighborly kindness made life happy forour fathers even in the sod houses and dugouts of the early. Monument to Abraham Lincoln on State House Grounds, Lincoln,Nebraska, 1912. {Courtesy of Roy Hindmarsh, Lincoln, Nebraska.) days. As they grew strong, the state grew strong with thembecause every man earned his living. No one lived inidleness upon the work of his neighbor. Their childrenwill make a richer and better and greater Nebraska by prac- 296 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA tice of the two chief virtues which have made the Nebraskaof to-day — honest labor and neighborly kindness. QUESTIONS 1. Why was the new capital located where it now is and how did it get its name? 2. Which would you prefer for a home, a dobie or a dugout, and why? 3. Why were railroads built so rapidly in Nebraska? 4. What were the results of the grange movement in Nebraska? 5. Why was a new constitution made? 6. What caused hard times and good times between 1873 and 1888? 7. Was it better for each settler to have 160 or 480 acres under the land laws? Why? 8. What
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