The Mortons of Arbor Lodge:: Their Early Years in Nebraska Territory

by Bess Eileen Day

Overview

A historical novel transporting readers back into the personal lives of the famous couple, J. Sterling and Caroline Morton, who conceived and constructed the original Arbor Lodge and arboretum of Nebraska City.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595164745
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Pages:	396
Sales rank:	1,014,144
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.95(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Arrival in Nebraska Territory 1854	1
Chapter 2	The Meeting with Sarpy	15
Chapter 3	The Building of the Bellevue Cabin	31
Chapter 4	The Location of the Capitol	49
Chapter 5	The First Thanksgiving in Nebraska Territory	57
Chapter 6	Bellevue Loses the Capitol	66
Chapter 7	Tritube Makes a Gri-Gri	81
Chapter 8	The Mark W. Izard Inaugural Ball	93
Chapter 9	Claim Jump Murder	106
Chapter 10	Farewell to Hollister and Bellevue	120
Chapter 11	Nebraska City News Editor	127
Chapter 12	Arbor Lodge	137
Chapter 13	Land Boom and St. Louis	145
Chapter 14	The Salt Creek Expedition	157
Chapter 15	The Beginning of Arbor Lodge	168
Chapter 16	Winter 1855-56	182
Chapter 17	Second Round with Cuming	192
Chapter 18	Christmas 1855	210
Chapter 19	Spring 1856	216
Chapter 20	First Summer at Arbor Lodge	230
Chapter 21	Good News and Bad	242
Chapter 22	Christmas 1856	250
Chapter 23	Territorial Troubles	254
Chapter 24	Winners!	264
Chapter 25	Table Rock Creek Treaty, September 24, 1857	275
Chapter 26	Grief and Expanding Horizons	291
Chapter 27	Appointment to High Office	306
Chapter 28	Secretary of Nebraska Territory	318
Chapter 29	1859 Acting Governor	337
Chapter 30	First Territorial Fair 1859	357