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in if W It ,., iff. pl r, N., Iv-S 1819 cyddministradon.. Administration at Fort Atkinson in 1819 lf: ORT ATKINSGN, located sixteen miles north of the present site of Omaha, was the ejff I earliest center of civil and military administration in Nebraska. The fort was built 15g gl:-'-ijp 43 and garrisoned by a Rifle Regiment and the Sixth Infantry in 1819. It was the most pl ,-,lg .i E . . . . . f - 1-,Q Western army post in the United States and around it sprang up a town Wlllh a population Q of more than one thousand. Indians from all parts of the West made journeys to the fort to ,S.ff'?Qj. trade and parley with the soldiers. From Santa Fe, far to the south, came Mexicans to make peace with the Pawnees. The soldiers stationed at Fort Atkinson were entrusted with the ,J task of maintaining peace on the frontier. Two hundred of them were at one time required LQ to subdue the Arikara Indians who had gone on the War path. fi In 1827 the fort was abandoned by the government. When the soldiers departed the -'lil if settlers went with them and bothwfort and town ceased to exist. ty if '.'.- -115-typ.:- B: Q. ,,.-r , - . .,: . , . : , A ., , .'vi'., x . ,K N, I zu-.Q-fi--W 5-V-24-Fe . Tf'lif'fZ7Y7fl 71 f T Z2. '.
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iw X ,, ,w ll 'l I fl ll f I '. - t The Chancellor's Page lif Ji it l . ' 3 l xi Z' ' ' x Juju! ,... ....... ... .. .W.,,, -,.., ,.,. .M . .f ---V ..-..W.i - 3' l it fi ll 1 6: Ml il .1 l ' lfikil xi f' i 'li gr Ki 51 lf? l .f-s if W ,5 , lm , ,I I i. ,J -...V Vik w ' J' 3 at Vp ,,-'l li, l X' rl 4: lu . l it If 1 CHANCELLOR AVERY As a Graduate of the I fi. 1 University of N ebraslca in 1892 !1I ii ll is f T is appropriate that the edition of the Corrthusker to be published soon after the I . fifty-fifth birthday anniversary of the University should give special attention to , All , 5 the history of the institution. After passing the fifth milestone of the second half i .li l century We are at that stage of our journey Where We have back of us a relatively long l and creditable record of progress, and yet We are not so far from the starting point that i . ua .M4 c all of the original company have dropped by the Wayside. l' J One associated With any large group may take a just pride in its collective achieve- i Qi ments, Whether his own contributions be great or small. The one Whose name is greatest jg in the annals of missionary enterprises could say With satisfaction that he was a lg, .A may citizen of no mean city. In a similar spirit all of those who have contributed in any Way I Q to the present strength and standing of the University are justly entitled to the same ' . feeling of satisfaction. I . F.. 1 . jp- . Q I 1 I When I first knew the University intimately about thirty-four years ago there Was . no such showing of educational strength as the present affords. The modern traditions . I I il 5 of the institution were just in the process of formation. Students of that time Were not I l 5 heirs to so rich a heritage as those of today. In collecting and ,A preserving the records of the University as a whole, and espec- Z L E rg , ially those relating to student life, the 1924 Corrzhusker is ' 4 V, If rendering a real service to the students of the present time I 4 E V , and to those who aresto follow. I , Page 9 Q , , i U
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