Mr. Cadman was a man of vigor and action. Coming to Lancaster in 1859, he entered a quarter section of land on Salt creek, south of Lincoln. His first move was to open a cut-off (from the Oregon Trail) from Nebraska City to Fort Kearny, which he completed in time for 1861 spring travel. This was of great benefit to farmers on the Salt and Blue. In addition to his farming operations he established a trading post at the point where the cut-off crossed Salt creek. The post was also a station for the Lusbaugh line of stages between Nebraska City and Fort Kearny, where they connected with overland stages to California. He served in the territorial legislature, also the state legislature, first term. In 1867 he was a leading advocate for removal of the capital to Lancaster county—only he wanted it at Yankee Hill, south of Lincoln. An old biography of Mr. Cadman says proudly that he never drank a glass of liquor in his life, not indicating, we hope, that he was a rare exception to a general rule. All in all he was a hardy and to-be-relied-on citizen, a worthy rival of salty old Elder Young, who founded the town of Lancaster and used his influence to get the capitol into Lancaster’s successor, Lincoln, instead of at Yankee Hill, where John Cadman wanted it. No. 29—Marker on Burlington Station [Illustration: THE FOUNDING OF LINCOLN ON JULY 29 1867 IN SESSION AT THE FRONTIER HOME OF CAPT. W. T. DONOVAN LOCATED 166 FEET NORTH 638 FEET EAST OF THIS SPOT THE NEBRASKA STATE CAPITAL COMMISSION DAVID BUTLER, GOVERNOR JOHN J. GILLESPIE, AUDITOR THOMAS P. KENNARD SEC’Y. OF STATE LOCATED LINCOLN CAPITAL CITY OF NEBRASKA ON THIS PRAIRIE ERECTED BY NEBRASKA SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION JULY 29 1927]