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	Florence, Nebraska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Florence Mill, one of the earliest in Nebraska, was constructed at Winter Quarters.
		The Bank of Florence, built in 1856, was owned and operated by the respected Iowa financial firm of Cook and Sargent.
		Frontier banking practices were lax, and along with other banks in Nebraska Territory, the Bank of Florence issued quantities of unsecured "wild cat" currency and financed speculation in land.
	www.nebraskahistory.org /publish/publicat/timeline/florence.htm (301 words)

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		Florence was, for a time, the capitol of Nebraska Territory; it had its own ice plant, opera house, school system, and bank, and, through the 1800s, was the location of many splendid and architecturally significant homes, many of which still exist.
		Freemasonry in Nebraska began in 1856 with a lodge in Bellevue. The Grand Lodge of Nebraska was formed in 1857, and Florence Lodge #281 was chartered in 1913.
		Florence Lodge #281 is proud to note that two of our brothers have become Grand Master of Nebraska Masons: the late M.W. Louis V. Sylvester, Grand Master in 1965; and M.W. Charles W. Amidon, Grand Master in 1985.
	www.florencelodge.com /flolodge.html (437 words)

	AllAboutOmaha.com - Copyright © 1996-2007 RSS - Florence
		Florence is important in history since it is home to "Winter Quarters," where the Mormons camped in "Indian country" for a couple of years.
		Nebraska was not to become a state for another decade so the bank issued its own money called "wildcat currency" in denominations of $1, $2, $3, and $5.
		Florence celebrates their heritage each year with a parade and lots of other activities the third weekend of May. The celebration is organized by the Florence Historical Foundation.
	www.allaboutomaha.net /Omaha/Florence/index.htm (2946 words)

	Oklahoma Oklahoma/Nebraska Nebraska Men's College Basketball recap on ESPN
		Nebraska, which trailed by six at halftime, didn't let Oklahoma pull away in the second half.
		Nebraska is 0-4 since Nee tied former Huskers coach Joe Cipriano's mark of 253 wins on Jan. 29 against Kansas State.
		Florence hit a short jumper to bring it to 54-53, but Raymond answered with a 3 from the left wing with 48 seconds left.
	espn.go.com /ncb/2000/20000214/recap/oaenai.html (627 words)

	Descendants of William Specht of Germany; Gurske
		She was born 3/27/1889, and died 1967 in Omaha, Nebraska.
		) was born 7/6/1890 in Omaha, Nebraska, and died 2/1972 in Omaha.
		She was born 4/3/1898 in Spokane and died 2/26/1983 in Bremerton.
	home.netcom.com /~gurske/descendants_of_william_specht.htm (185 words)

	History of NE
		Nebraska was within the boundaries of the grants given to settlers in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
		Nebraska 's third Governor, William A. Richardson, Democrat, of Illinois, arrived at Omaha on January 12, 1858, in the midst of the Florence secession.
		Gold was found in the Nebraska territory in 1859: at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, in the sands of the streams, and at the headwaters of the South Platte.
	www.tcdne.org /HistoryofNE.htm (6969 words)

	Colorado Colorado/Nebraska Nebraska Men's College Basketball recap on ESPN
		Florence, Nebraska's only senior, helped clinch it with three free throws and a steal in the final minute.
		Nebraska, which trailed 31-26 at halftime, was able to pull ahead by shooting 48 percent in the second half to Colorado's 33 percent.
		Nebraska struggled from the free-throw line for the second straight game, hitting 16-of-30, but the Huskers made the shots down the stretch.
	espn.go.com /ncb/2000/20000226/recap/cblnai.html (349 words)

	Mormon Influence on Scandinavian Settlement
		Recent research in the history of the state of Nebraska reveals that white settlement in the region was delayed, not by the myth that the area was part of the "Great American Desert," but because of the efforts of the United States government to establish a "permanent Indian frontier.
		For those who made it that far, Florence, Nebraska (now a suburb of Omaha) was the main outfitting point for the journey across the plains between 1859 and 1863.
		184, in the manuscript of the U.S., 1880, and in the Nebraska census for 1885.
	www.xmission.com /~nelsonb/nebraska.htm (9620 words)

	Historic Florence - General - About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Florence Futures Foundation is a grass-roots effort of cooperation, industry, and a creative vision for expanding the possibilities within our far-North Omaha community.
		Florence Futures Foundation has organized short-range and long-range ideas into a plan called the "Historic Florence Initiative." The goal of the Historic Florence Initiative is to enhance neighborhood identity and to reverse economic decline by capitalizing on the wealth of historic sites available within Florence.
		Florence has now been annexed* as part of Omaha but has not lost its individuality.
	www.historicflorence.org /generalx/about.htm (748 words)

	William & Catherine Crosley
		In 1903, when Florence was just eighteen, the entire Donnelly family, with Florence’s two babies, moved by covered wagon to Alberta, Canada.
		Florence was a very good violin player and spent many a night playing at barn dances and community gatherings.
		In 1884 he made a short trip to Cedar Co., Nebraska to look at the new country and the following spring he came back accompanied by his nephew, Ross Crosley, and the two men engaged in breaking prairie for the settlers who were coming in and soon Mr.
	www.angelfire.com /my/crosleyconnect/williamkate.html (5654 words)

	Texas Sports News
		Nebraska did just that, turning it over just 11 times while putting the defensive pressure on Texas star Reggie Freeman, who scored only 9 points after spending Saturday in the hospital with strep throat.
		Nebraska helped itself at the free-throw line, hitting 24 of 39 shots compared to 16 of 22 for Texas.
		NEBRASKA (14-11) - Hamilton 6-8 8-13 20, Florence 6-11 1-2 13, Moore 1-2 2-2 4, Lue 7-15 7-8 22, Belcher 1-5 1-2 4, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Garner 2-8 2-4 7, Piatkowski 1-3 2-4 4, Markowski 2-3 1-4 5.
	www.texnews.com /texsports97/ut021797.html (582 words)

	William Butler's Family
		William married at the residence of Del Thomas in Shelton, Nebraska on March 19, 1887 to Joannah Rachel Budd, daughter of Joseph Andrew Budd and Susanna P.
		Florence Mabel Butler was born on August 5, 1893.
		Florence was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Patriarch Militants, the Eastern Star and the Royal Neighbors.
	home.comcast.net /~hlgruss/bfam2.html (575 words)

	CHAPTER 3
		Florence LINDLEY was born in 1903 in Bridgeport, Belmont Co, Ohio.
		Florence May PERKINS was born on 24 MAY 1889 in Lewellen, Garden Co, Nebraska.
		Florence HALSTEAD was born on 11 OCT 1907.
	www15.pair.com /fonecard/ruhe/ruhe_chpt3.html (3151 words)

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		He was Postmaster in Midland, Nebraska, worked at a boys school in Kearney, hotel keeper in Butte, Nebraska and after moving to Lincoln he ran a second hand store.
		James Carl JONAS was born 6 Mar 1875 in Colfax County, Nebraska.
		Florence died 27 Jan 1965 and they are both buried at Green Hills Memorial Cemetery in San Pedro, Califonria.
	www.angelfire.com /ca2/thorensfamilytree/jonas.html (865 words)

	GCSRSS - About
		A great example of a website developed for a non-profit organization is the Historic Florence, Nebraska website.
		Florence is where the Mormons stopped on their migration west during the terrible winter of 1846/47 ("Winter Quarters" - over 600 died during the harsh winter).
		Later the town of Florence was built on the same location due to learning that the Missouri River had a "rock bottom" - a perfect place for the future transcontinental railroad.
	www.gcsrss.com (343 words)

	Historic Florence - Mormon Local History - (All Pages)
		The northern path leaves the Florence area and takes an almost bee-line path to the area around Fremont where it starts on the northern side of the Platte River and sticks with it for most of the state, and on into Wyoming.
		The settlers that chose Florence and continue to until this day are the same type of people with tenacity and a willingness to build a proud community.
		During 1859 and 1860, the last three wheel-cart companies were outfitted in Florence, Nebraska rather than Iowa City, Iowa due to the railroad having reached the Missouri River by then.
	www.allaboutomaha.net /HistoricFlorence/Mormons/MormonsAll.php (10737 words)

	Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Nebraska as a Territory - Part 5
		The Fourth Assembly is a memorable one, from the fact of its having witnessed the secession of a majority of its members, and the failure to enact necessary legislation, thereby still leaving the Territory without a criminal code and other essential instruments or methods of government, as previous enactments had annulled the original laws.
		Be it resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska.
		Thomas B. Cuming was appointed Secretary of the Territory of Nebraska by Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, upon the organization of the Territory, and entered at once upon the discharge of the duties of his office, arriving here in the month of September, 1854.
	www.kancoll.org /books/andreas_ne/territory/territory-p5.html (3107 words)

	More History of the Mormon Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It became, in 1846, Nebraska's first organized community with police and city council but was one of Nebraska's shortest lived communities.
		Nebraska's first Safety Ordinance (some historians refer to it as Nebraska's first anti-pollution ordinance) was approved by popular vote in the public square.
		Another corral was near the west edge of the city where the Florence or Mormon Park is now.There were two or three horse-powered mills in the city.
	www.omaha.org /trails/history2.htm (4089 words)

	Florence Mill, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
		The Florence Mill, located near the 30th Street exit from Interstate 680 on Omaha's north side, was originally constructed during the winter of 1846-47 as Mormon Pioneers made their trek to new settlements in the west.
		The mill has played an important role in the history of Omaha and the growth of the Florence area in particular.
		The Florence Mill is currently owned by a private individual whose goal is to restore the mill as a historic site and museum.
	www.historicomaha.com /flrncmil.htm (183 words)

	NCAA Men's Basketball - Nebraska vs. Iowa State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Larry Florence scored 16 points and Danny Walker added 11 for Nebraska (10-13, 3-7), which has lost four of its last five games and dropped to 0-6 on the road.
		Iowa State shot 50 percent (15-of-30) in the second half and limited Nebraska to 38 percent (12-of-31) from the field in the final 20 minutes.
		Fizer scored 12 points on 5-of-5 from the field in the first 20 minutes to offset the rest of his team's poor shooting in the first half (8-of-29).
	www.usatoday.com /sports/scores100/100043/100043416.htm (737 words)

	NCAA Men's Basketball - Kansas vs. Nebraska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Turnovers: 28 (Walker 8, Truscott 5, Florence 4, Bradford 3, Fields 3, Cochran 2, Davison 2, Ffriend).
		Nick Bradford, whose free throw began the eight-point burst, scored 19 points to pace five players in double figures for Kansas, which has beaten Nebraska in 12 of the last 14 meetings and leads the all-time series, 147-70.
		Nebraska fought within 45-41 on a dunk by Kimani Ffriend, but Collison nailed a 3-pointer.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/scores100/100054/100054365.htm (742 words)

	UNL \| International Affairs
		A city of unparalleled artistic achievement, Florence is the flower of the Renaissance.
		The housing is in apartments or an apartment-hotel, all near the Studio in the center of Florence.
		Graduate credit is under the supervision of, and therefore granted by, the Graduate Faculty of the University of Nebraska.
	www.unl.edu /iaffairs/study_flyers/summer/italywoodcut.shtml (1406 words)

	Surviving Images, Forgotten Peoples
		Native Americans were sometimes represented as participants in real history, as on a Nebraska note of 1858, where they flee from contact with the Pilgrims.
		A dismounted figure sees a train for the first time on another Nebraska note, and he is confused.
		So Native Americans might lead each other into the nineteenth century (as on another Nebraska note, where a wife implores her husband to consider the merits of the Industrial Revolution; or they might be led there by generous white instructors: a white woman teaches her Native American sister the joys of settled agriculture.
	americanhistory.si.edu /collections/numismatics/survivin/danatext.htm (859 words)

	Family Album
		By 1920, he is an inmate at the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane at Yankee Hill, near Lincoln.
		She married John Martin in Nemaha County, Nebraska, in 1876, though little is known about this marriage.
		Raymond was born 3 December 1887, in Stella, Nebraska.
	www.sabin-clary.com /family_album.htm (4733 words)

	DixonCountyObits1
		He and children emigrated to America in 1879 to Goodhire county, Minn., and later moved to Florence, Nebraska a suburb of Omaha.
		They remained here until the spring of 1871 when they moved to Dixon County, Nebraska where they settled on a homestead which became their earthly home 47 years until death removed the, as we believe, to their heavenly home.
		At Florence and in Dixon county she attended school, and was confirmed in the Bergen Lutheran congregation near Vermillion.
	www.homestead.com /DixonCoNEGenWebProject/DixonCountyObits1.html (2140 words)

	Our Family - pafg37 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Lawrence Ray WILLIAMS [Parents] was born 27 Mar 1914 in Belvidere, Nebraska.
		Florence May WILLIAMS [Parents] was born 27 Mar 1914 in Belvidere, Nebraska.
		Sandra Kay MAPLE was born in Belvidere, Nebraska.
	home.earthlink.net /~wmchellis/ourfamily/pafg37.htm (174 words)

	Mormon News for WE 27Jun99: LDS Temple Announced for Nebraska
		Because the word got out quickly through Mormon News and Nick Literski's Latter-day Saint Temple Homepage here in Nebraska something had to be done quickly in the way of getting the word out officially.
		The Prophet felt inspired through revelation that the place for the temple was as near as possible to the resting places of our pioneer ancestors who sacrificed their lives in the movement westward 150 years ago.
		Omaha Nebraska will be the site for a new temple, local leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced.
	www.mormonnews.com /990627/C3Omaha01.shtml (576 words)

	Nebraska Secretary of State - Meet Secretary of State John A. Gale
		Governor Mike Johanns appointed John Gale as Secretary of State of Nebraska upon the resignation of Scott Moore in December of 2000.
		Their family includes son Dave and his wife Kristine of Lincoln, grandsons Jack and Charles, daughter Elaine of Denver, Colorado, pursuing a PhD in Journalism at University of Denver, and our son Steve is now in Bozeman, Montana, pursuing a Masters Degree in Fisheries at Montana State University.
		John Gale is Nebraska’s 26th Secretary of State, elected in 2002.
	www.sos.state.ne.us /admin/about/bio.html (449 words)

	Florence, Nebraska NE, profile (Douglas County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Florence, Nebraska NE, profile (Douglas County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Nebraska > All counties > Douglas County > Florence
		Florence is in Douglas County, in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27378 (381 words)

	Education: Omaha Timeline 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Under new pressures created by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, most of the land in eastern Nebraska (about 4,000,000 acres) was ceded by the Omaha Indians to become part of the public domain for less than 20 cents an acre.
		This was the first church service celebrated in Nebraska according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.
		The Roman Catholic vicarate of Kansas and Nebraska was divided, and Reverend James O’Gorman was appointed vicar apostolic of Nebraska.
	www.omahahistory.org /Education_Timeline3.htm (1525 words)

	Mormon News for WE 27Jun99: LDS Temple Announced for Nebraska
		Because the word got out quickly through Mormon News and Nick Literski's Latter-day Saint Temple Homepage here in Nebraska something had to be done quickly in the way of getting the word out officially.
		The Prophet felt inspired through revelation that the place for the temple was as near as possible to the resting places of our pioneer ancestors who sacrificed their lives in the movement westward 150 years ago.
		Omaha Nebraska will be the site for a new temple, local leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced.
	www.mormonstoday.com /990627/C3Omaha01.shtml (576 words)

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