History and stories of Nebraska . nited States hurried several thousandsoldiers to the scene and the Nebraska militia was calledout to guard our northern border. After several otherskirmishes during the winter, the Indians came in andsurrendered and thus ended what is probably the last Indianwar in the history of the United States. Governor Lorenzo Crounse.— Lorenzo Crounse, Repub-lican, of Ft. Calhoun, was elected governor in 1892, anddeclined to be a candidate for re-election. During his term, many banks failed and someof the state money was lost inthem. There was an impeachmenttrial of thre
History and stories of Nebraska . nited States hurried several thousandsoldiers to the scene and the Nebraska militia was calledout to guard our northern border. After several otherskirmishes during the winter, the Indians came in andsurrendered and thus ended what is probably the last Indianwar in the history of the United States. Governor Lorenzo Crounse.— Lorenzo Crounse, Repub-lican, of Ft. Calhoun, was elected governor in 1892, anddeclined to be a candidate for re-election. During his term, many banks failed and someof the state money was lost inthem. There was an impeachmenttrial of three state officers for mis-use of state money. Over a milliondollars of public money from thesale of school lands was supposedto be in the state treasury andGovernor Crounse made efforts tohave it invested where it wouldbring interest for support of theschools of the Silas A. Holcomb. State School MoneyStolen.— In 1894, Silas A. Holcomb, Populist, of BrokenBow, was elected governor and re-elected in 1896. PopuUst. Gov. Lorenzo Crounse.{From Clements collection.) NEBRASKA AS A STATE 279
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