. 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 . Da\ 1^ and sister, who is now Mrs. Herman Kountze, and several others. The map of the survey wis lithographed in St. Louis Mr. Byron Reed has one ot the original copies in his possession. The f e r r ) compan) gave the name of Omaha to the new town. The name was taken from the nearest tribe of Indians in the vicinity, the Omahas. It is claimed that the honor o
. 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 . Da\ 1^ and sister, who is now Mrs. Herman Kountze, and several others. The map of the survey wis lithographed in St. Louis Mr. Byron Reed has one ot the original copies in his possession. The f e r r ) compan) gave the name of Omaha to the new town. The name was taken from the nearest tribe of Indians in the vicinity, the Omahas. It is claimed that the honor of suggesting the name belongs to Jesse Lowe, long since dead. The meaning of the word, as given by Rev. William Hamilton, for many years an Indian missionary at Bellevue, is, Above all others on a stream. According to an old tradition, the Omahas took their name from an incident which occurred a great many years ago. As the story goes, two tribes of Indians met on the Missouri river and engaged in battle, in which all on one side were slain except one, who jumped into the river and swam under water for some little distance. Upon coming to the surface he exclaimed, Omaha! This word had never been heard before by the survivors of t
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