Excerpt from Omaha Illustrated: A History of the Pioneer Period and the Omaha of to-Day; Embracing Reliable Statistics and Information, With Over Two Hundred Illustrations, Including Prominent Buildings, Portraits and Sketches of Leading Citizens Through no fault of the publishers there have been a few unavoidable omissions in the matter ofillustrations, both portraits and buildings. Several prominent citizens whose portraits would have made the book more complete, were absent from the city until too late to admit of making engrav ings. The unfinished state of some few buildings, also, of which it was impossible to obtain even comprehensive drawings, rendered it impracticable to have satisfactory cuts made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.