History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions . y. X X -^. RICHARDSON COUNTY, NEBRASKA. 505 section 15, township i, north of range 16, and laid it out in town lots,fifty by one hundred and twenty feet, and divided it into shares for mar-ket. After most of the shares had been disposed of, patents were issuedby the government to only one-half of the land originally claimed; that is,to the southeast quarter of section 10, township i, north of range 16. toJames H. Lane and to the northeast quarter of section 15. township 1,range 16, to Isaac L. Hamby. The result
History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions . y. X X -^. RICHARDSON COUNTY, NEBRASKA. 505 section 15, township i, north of range 16, and laid it out in town lots,fifty by one hundred and twenty feet, and divided it into shares for mar-ket. After most of the shares had been disposed of, patents were issuedby the government to only one-half of the land originally claimed; that is,to the southeast quarter of section 10, township i, north of range 16. toJames H. Lane and to the northeast quarter of section 15. township 1,range 16, to Isaac L. Hamby. The result of this action by the United Statesgovernment caused a contraction of the lots to a size of but twenty-five bvone hundred and twenty feet, in order to fill up the shares. FALLS CITY IN 1860. In the year i860 the city of Falls City consisted of some fifteen urtwenty dwelling houses, a l^lacksmith shop, operated by Lyman Miller, onthe same lot afterwards occupied by the Globe-Journal office and at thepresent time by Peter Riesters furniture store on Stone street in l)lock91 ; a store, a tin
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