. Annals of Iowa. ( ¥AU All K. HAKLAN, C-jrat^r. !i 1 ji DFS MOINES, iOWA. Fnifre f as sfcond class iniiil inniler nt thf Post f>J^lce ot Pes iloinfg, I. Annals of Iowa Vol. IX, No. 3. Des Moines, Iowa, October, 1909. 3d Series^ THE PART OP IOWA MEN IN THE ORGANIZATIONOF NEBRASKA/ BY HORACE E. DEEMER. On account of the caprices and sinuosity of that strangeand muddy stream which marks the boundary between ourtwo States, my jurisdiction for many years has extended overterritory which lies west of the Missouri river and it lias beendifficult at times to tell just where the line between
. Annals of Iowa. ( ¥AU All K. HAKLAN, C-jrat^r. !i 1 ji DFS MOINES, iOWA. Fnifre f as sfcond class iniiil inniler nt thf Post f>J^lce ot Pes iloinfg, I. Annals of Iowa Vol. IX, No. 3. Des Moines, Iowa, October, 1909. 3d Series^ THE PART OP IOWA MEN IN THE ORGANIZATIONOF NEBRASKA/ BY HORACE E. DEEMER. On account of the caprices and sinuosity of that strangeand muddy stream which marks the boundary between ourtwo States, my jurisdiction for many years has extended overterritory which lies west of the Missouri river and it lias beendifficult at times to tell just where the line between these com-monwealths lies. Indeed, as I shall presently attempt to show,there was a time Avhen there was no line of demarkation be-tween the two territories, and western Iowa was either a partof Nebraska or Nebraska extended eastward to the line whichwas first proposed as Iowas western boundary—a line fol-lowing the water-shed between the Mississippi and the Mis-souri rivers. In the early days it did not seem to make muchdifference where the line was placed, for in the opinion ofmany the country was barren and sterile and could never bemade a permanent h
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