. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . Ill m rrf ^SM ^r^i ^ ^ ,1PANY S BUILDING. The Territorial Legislature actually passed an act, approved March 6, 1856, investing theClaim Clubs with legislative powers for their respective neighborhoods. In defense of the ClaimClubs it has been said that they were the only security of actual settlers prior to the land sales, andhence were a necessity as long as
. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . Ill m rrf ^SM ^r^i ^ ^ ,1PANY S BUILDING. The Territorial Legislature actually passed an act, approved March 6, 1856, investing theClaim Clubs with legislative powers for their respective neighborhoods. In defense of the ClaimClubs it has been said that they were the only security of actual settlers prior to the land sales, andhence were a necessity as long as squatter titles existed. As soon as the Government land officeopened, however, they were no longer needed, and they were accordingly disbanded during 1S57-58. OMAHA ILLUSTRATED. The first legal entry of land made in Nebraska was in March, 1857. The first public sale ofGovernment lands to the highest bidder was made on the 5th of July, 1859. Colonel A. R. Gilmorewas the first Receiver of the United States Land Office at Omaha, and Colonel John A. Parker wasthe first Register. The land covered by the site of Omaha was granted in two patents — one toJohn McCormick, May i, i860, the land having been bid off by him at the public sa
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