What to see in America . A Spring Field XXXVII Nebraska Nebraskas name is of Indian derivation, and means ShallowWater. This very accurately describes the chief river of thestate — the Platte. Nebraska is popularly called theTree-planter State, a reference to its transformation fromnaked prairie, which was almost universal when the whitesbegan to settle there. The people are nicknamed Ante-lopes. In 1851 a gold-seeker, who saw more gold in paddlingpassengers across the murky Missouri than in washing theyellow sands of the California rivers, established a ferry atCouncil Bluffs. Two years later
What to see in America . A Spring Field XXXVII Nebraska Nebraskas name is of Indian derivation, and means ShallowWater. This very accurately describes the chief river of thestate — the Platte. Nebraska is popularly called theTree-planter State, a reference to its transformation fromnaked prairie, which was almost universal when the whitesbegan to settle there. The people are nicknamed Ante-lopes. In 1851 a gold-seeker, who saw more gold in paddlingpassengers across the murky Missouri than in washing theyellow sands of the California rivers, established a ferry atCouncil Bluffs. Two years later a company was organizedto handle the ferry business, and laid out a town site on theNebraska shore. The name given to the prospective townwas Omaha, which was the name of a tribe of Indians that waswont to camp on a neighboring creek. On the broad plateauoverlooking the river three hundred and twenty blocks wereY 321 322 What 0 See in America staked out, with stre )ne hundred feet wide. One squareon the top of the mos
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