Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are noted with underscores: _italics_. TO AND THROUGH NEBRASKA. BY A Pennsylvania Girl. THIS LITTLE WORK, WHICH CLAIMS NO MERIT BUT TRUTH IS HUMBLY DEDICATED TO THE MANY DEAR FRIENDS, WHO BY THEIR KINDNESS MADE THE LONG JOURNEY AND WORK PLEASANT TO _The Author_, FRANCES I. SIMS FULTON. LINCOLN, NEB. JOURNAL COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS, 1884. A WORD TO THE READER. If you wish to read of the going and settling of the Nebraska Mutual Aid Colony, of Bradford, Pa., in Northwestern Neb., their trials and triumphs, and of the Elkhorn, Niobrara, and Keya Paha rivers and valleys, read Chapter I. Of the country of the winding Elkhorn, Chapter II. Of the great Platte valley, Chapter III. Of the beautiful Big Blue and Republican, Chapter IV. Of Nebraska's history and resources in general, her climate, school and liquor laws, and Capital, Chapter V. If you wish a car-window view of the Big Kinzua Bridge (highest in the world), and Niagara Falls and Canada, Chapter VI. And now, a word of explanation, that you may clearly understand _just why_ this little book--if such it may be called, came to be written. We do not want it to be thought an emigration scheme, but only what a Pennsylvania girl heard, saw, and thought of Nebraska. And to make it more interesting we will give our experience with all the fun thrown in, for we really thought we had quite an enjoyable time and learned lessons that may be useful for others to know. And simply give everything just as they were, and the true color to all that we touch upon, simply stating facts as we gathered them here and there during a stay of almost three months of going up and down, around and across the state from Dakota to Kansas--306 miles on the S.C. & P.R.R., 291 on the U.P.R.R., and 289 on the B. & M.R.R., the three roads that traverse the state from east to west. It is truly an unbiased work, so do not chip and shave at what may seem incredible, but, as you read, remember you read ONLY TRUTH.