NEB.--Called after the creek on which it is located, named
by Lewis and Clark and derived from a Latin word meaning butterfly.

MILLARD, NEB.--Named ofter the Hon. Ezra Millard, a prominent citizen
of Omaha in the early days.

ELKHORN, NEB.--So called from the Elkhorn River near by.

FREMONT, NEB.--Named after Gen'l. Fremont, the "Pathfinder."

AMES, NEB.--Named after Oliver Ames, one of the prominent men in the
history of the road. The place was originally called Ketchum.

NORTH BEND, NEB.--So named from a northward bend in the Platte River.

SCHUYLER, NEB.--Named after Schuyler Colfax, Vice-President of the
United States.

COLUMBUS, NEB--Was first settled by a party of Germans from Columbus,
Ohio, who named it after their old home.

CLARK, NEB.--Called after S. H. H. Clark, Gen'l Supt. of the road
while it was being constructed.

CENTRAL CITY, NEB.--Originally called Lone Tree. Named Central City
owing to the "Nebraska Central R. R." making connection there with the
Union Pacific.

CHAPMAN, NEB.--Called after a roadmaster of that name.

LOCKWOOD, NEB.--Named after a storekeeper of that name located there
in the early days.

GRAND ISLAND, NEB.--Named after an island in the Platte River.

WOOD RIVER, NEB.--Called after a stream of that name adjacent to the
town.

SHELTON, NEB.--Named after the cashier of the Company at Omaha.

KEARNEY, NEB.--Named after Gen'l Kearney of Mexican War fame. Was the
site of Old Ft. Kearney established in 1858 for the protection of the
Overland Route.

COZAD, NEB.--Named after a gentleman from Cincinnati, Ohio, who
purchasing 40,000 acres from the railroad laid out the town.

WILLOW ISLAND, NEB.--So named from the large number of willow bushes
on an island in the Platte River near by.

BRADYS ISLAND, NEB.--From an adjacent island in the Platte River.

OGALLALA, NEB.--From the Ogallala, a division of the Sioux or Dacotah
tribe of Indians, of which Spotted Tail was the most famous chief. The
word means "throwing at or into."

BRULE, NEB.--From the Brule Sioux. Red Cloud was its most famous
chief. The word is French meaning "burnt." They call themselves "Burnt
thighs."

BIG SPRINGS, NEB.--Named after several large springs in the vicinity.
A noted camping ground on the Overland.

JULESBURG, NEB.--Named after an agent of the Overland Mail Co.,
variously referred to as Jules Bernard, Jules Beni, Jules Burg or
Dirty Jules, who was at one time agent of the Stage Company