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Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska explores the development of towns and cities on the Great Plains through the lens of a murder case in the 1890s that evolved into a fascinating story that drew the attention of nearly everyone in town and people from across the region and country.
Works
Gilded Age Newspaper Articles
These newspaper articles concern the 1891 murder of John Sheedy in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were scanned about 10 years ago from very poor quality microfilm, so they may be difficult to read. If it is an entire page that has been scanned, you need only transcribe the information about Sheedy, the...
256 pages: 99% transcribed, 1% needs review
Lambertson Materials
Genio M. Lambertson was a prominent Lincoln attorney and reformist during the Gilded Age.
18 pages: 61% transcribed, 39% needs review