This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: …Bluffs landing, and made her way up the river. As we steamed from behind the wood covered hills below the city, among the first objects that met my eyes, was the Territorial Capitol, which, with its Corinthian pilasters and frieze, and its towering dome, rested on the brow of the hill above the city like a crown and gave promise of good government–the reign of law and order. ‘Our boat made the shore and tied up at the foot of Jones street. The natural bank of the river was the only wharf and the loose sands of the bottoms the only pier. To reach town the omnibus drove through those sands to the foot of Farnam, which was then, as now, the principal street. As we passed along, we noticed here and there a vacant building which, with the small number of people in sight, told plainly that business and thrift were not then at their height. ’ I secured temporary accommodations at the Farnam House on the corner of Thirteenth and Harney Streets. I had de voted my life to the cause of public instruction; at the East I had been engaged only in the public schools and desired to continue in them at the West, but employment in the public schools in Omaha at that time was impossible. The directors had used all the money in their hands to sustain them during the past year and did not expect to have enough to open them again for one or two years. Being compelled, therefore, to give up my hope to make an engagement with the directors, I turned at once to organize a private school. This school was extensively advertised as the Omaha High School and was of great importance to the city. It grew rapidly and Mr. Beales had to employ assistant teachers from the first. There was one other cause, aside from the troubles in the East, which helped to depress and discourage Omah…
