OMAHA MEMORIES Recollections of Events, Men and Affairs in Omaha, Nebraska, from 1879 to 1917 BY ED. F. MOREARTY Attorney-at-Law ふ OMAHA 1917 mas xales, Šipt, 6,1478 PREFACE In writing these Recollections of Omaha, it was not my intention to submit a history of Omaha, nor an Autobiography; nor is this work intended as such. It is just what the title claims to be: "Omaha Memories-Recollections of Omaha from 1879 to 1917, of Events, Men and Affairs," with comments. In it I have not sought to throw bouquets at some men and brick-bats at others; nor confining myself to the old settlers only, but to new ones as well. In the brief biographies here given, which were written by myself and not line by another, I have written from my own personal knowledge of the men, aside from the information given me by them as to age and place of birth-nothing else of which have they had prior knowledge of or been consulted, or asked to pay for. It contains no advertisements, and but one photograph, that of my own. This book is written partly from memory and partly from a diary kept by me during the past 36 years, and is not intended as a money-making scheme, for I do not expect to make one dollar from its sales. I will feel that I am amply rewarded for my two years' labor (that of 1915-16) should the present generation, those living here as well as those who formerly resided here, derive some pleasure in reviewing the events of the past, and the future generation gain a knowledge of the marvelous growth of Omaha and the changes that have taken place in it from 1879 to 1917. ED. F. MOREARTY. |