. 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 . und, which is now in universal use,although at first received with doubt and hesitation, and even condemned and ordered abandoned after a years trial by most of thelines then in operation. Mr. Reed came to Omaha November ic, 185?, and a few weeks later went to Kansas and passed the winterat Leavenworth, Lawrence, Kansas City and other places, as correspondent
. 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 . und, which is now in universal use,although at first received with doubt and hesitation, and even condemned and ordered abandoned after a years trial by most of thelines then in operation. Mr. Reed came to Omaha November ic, 185?, and a few weeks later went to Kansas and passed the winterat Leavenworth, Lawrence, Kansas City and other places, as correspondent of the New York Tribune. At that time the BorderRuffian War was at its height, and Tribune correspondents at Leavenworth and other pro-slavery places were in great a time Mr. Reeds connection with the Tribune was discovered and his arrest ordered, but he narrowly escaped from Leaven-worth at night. Another correspondent, Mr. Thillips, was also discovered, and a few months later killed. After four months spentamid the dangers of Kansas, Mr. Reed returned to Omaha, having decided to make it his future home. He opened an oftiiold State House building, and established the real est hich he thelucted up to the present time. IIBRARY OF BYRON marked success. The Byron Reed Company is now a corporation with a paid up capital ot $200,000, and probably does abusiness as large as some of our National banks. In i86o Mr. Reed was elected City Clerk, the office being then without emolu-ments. He served as such continuously for seven years, being succeeded by William L. May in 1S67. From 1861 to 1863 he wasdeputy County Clerk, and personally recorded all the instruments and documents that were filed. In 1863 he was elected CountyClerk for two years. In 1871 he was a member of the City Council, and president of that body in 1872. Mr. Reed gave to the publicfourteen acres of land on Prospect Hill, now of great value, for a cemetery ; and, contrary to the usual custom, ther
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