<Authors Note: On the hill at Yankee Hill, just southeast of Lincoln, funny story about that place, in 1867 when they were tyin' to locate the Capital south of the Platte and out of Omaha, they sent out a commision to find a place in June. First stop Ashland, skeeters ate them up, came out of the swamps. No go. Second place Yankee Hill on the Newbrassky City-Ft. Kearny trail, folks there wanted it so bad, bad the had a feast for them, served ice cream, commisioners thought it was a bribe. Went to a village, Lancaster NE of there, nothin' but some salt flats, a minor salt industry, 'bout 20 folks, all Methodists, all Democrae
ts. Served em ham hocks and corn bread.
Commisioners liked them and the fact they could build the town mostly from scratch. Some Repuplican from Omaha got a bill passed that the Capital had to be named Lincoln after Ol' Abe, figgerin' they would reject it being Democrats, well they wern't dumb ones like you see today, said sure.
Lincoln got the Capital, had to sleal the stuff from Omaha in a blinding snowstorm, Omaha posse got lost in the snow.
Lincoln got the University, Capital and prison, Yankee Hill got the Insane Assylum,they still ain't got over it, will soon be an unicorperated village inside Lincoln.
Most don't know why, but Grandpa and Great Grandpa always told them to not let Lincoln incorperate them.
BTW brother-in-law I got Rowdy from lives in the same section as the Regional Center almost surronded by City Limits on 3 sides.
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