My colleagues in the House were kind enough to act favorably on a bill I introduced in 1948 which provided for the issuance of a commemorative stamp on the Fort Kearney Post Office Centennial. In the 1850s the only communities in what is now Nebraska were the ones built along or near the Missouri River. includingfrom south to northRulo. Falls City. Brownville. Nebraska City. Plattsmouth. Omaha. Tekemah. and Dakota City. In the same decade villages were were begun at Fremont. Columbus. Grand Island. and Wood River along the Platte River. at West Point on the Elkhorn. and at Beatrice. Pawnee City. Humboldt. and Weeping Water in the southeastern part of the State. Before 1870 immigrants and American settlers had founded communities at Auburn. Blair. Crete.
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