Huebinger's map and guide for Omaha-Denver transcontinental route; . y from Lincoln to Denver. Every-where the City Councils, Commercial Clubs and kindred organizationshad prepared fitting receptions for the visitors and many of the townswere gaily decorated in honor of the occasion. This state of mind wastaken as an indication of a lively appreciation on the part of peoplealong the line of road in the matter of the good the route will be tothem, and the towns in which they reside. The speakers at the numerous road meetings held during the tendays trip argued strongly for continued effort and
Huebinger's map and guide for Omaha-Denver transcontinental route; . y from Lincoln to Denver. Every-where the City Councils, Commercial Clubs and kindred organizationshad prepared fitting receptions for the visitors and many of the townswere gaily decorated in honor of the occasion. This state of mind wastaken as an indication of a lively appreciation on the part of peoplealong the line of road in the matter of the good the route will be tothem, and the towns in which they reside. The speakers at the numerous road meetings held during the tendays trip argued strongly for continued effort and ependiture to main-tain the main east and west road across the state and the other roadsin each vicinity. They pointed out that the movement for good roadswas one of the most practical ones before the people; that the problemwas how to get the products of the farms more quickly and cheaplyand surely from the farm to the railroad, and that additional profit tothe farmer and incidentally to others lay in the solution of this part ofthe transportation problem, rather. Adolie Ruin at BeverlyHomesteaders Are Frequently Met ment of the roads, over which the products of the farm are to behauled. The people along the line of the route seemed to realize keenly thatthe opening of the trans-continental route meant the opening of a high-way by means of which the capitalist, lookin,?: for land investments, canget into the heart of one of the great agricultural portions of Nebraska,and of the entire West, for that matter. As will be seen by reference to the m»ps elsewhere in this book,the Omaha-Denver-Trans-Continental Route passes through Lincoln,Friend, Exeter, Fairmont, Sutton, Hastings, Minden, Oxford, McCook,Imperial, Holyoke, Sterling, Fort Morgan and Denver, as well as anumber of intermediate points . All the way from Omaha it is markedvdth white bands and it has been officially designated by the EasternTouring associations as an official route on the way across the conti-nent. The u
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