G Tillage of Fontanelle Omaha's Early Rival HluHtcd hopes are oflun blessings In ills- thom In tho years which havo como slnco K..l. Ki diii tho ruins of nlr castles often thoy camo to found u homo and a city on umbo structures more beautiful than ovun tlio virgin pralrlo. Of tho hlx montloncd all tho fancy of tho ideal builder had ovor nro still living except William Moscha. An- droamed. llopts which blasted and died aro olhor ono of lhll or,Ki,m, company Is John ,,Z T i T re-born Incarnate with a llfo more beautiful Kvan8, I1()W a tMnl nt omahn, whcao Kk S and satisfying than tho realization of tho pcturo wa8 printed . omo weeks ago In Tho , , ? , auuse'iuent ambition could over havo produced, and out neT IZ, Uf. up. lh, 0rl5lna, ""m', T ..r ti... Muwi Mii.t ,iiH-ii.nolniinmiiB nimn a curu1 ".uitclatm deeds and now has tltlo to of tho most bitter disappointments como a Tho flnJt tholJ,lt o lhu Bettor8 wart t0 IirctPaiiv all nf t.h townaltn. m.t nn n. poaci who succeeds In attaining his desires can never know. As with Itidhlduals bo It Is with communities, Unknown to tho vast majorlty of present-day Nob nskniis nnd but an Indls net memory , .,.,, of the , survlv- ors of tho early period Is tho llttlo vil lage of l'(ntaucllc, In Washington county. Yot FotitnneHo camo within one vote In tho territorial legislature of being declared tho capital of tho young territory of Nebraska. At that tlmo Omaha nnd Fontanollo wero ahout tlio same sue, so mr as population was concerned, hut Omiihn wns declared tho capital and Is today a city of 1 HO, 000 pcoplo, while Kontanello contains not more than 1- 0 Inhabitants. Tho thousands nro restless, pi.shlng, striving for yot greitor things and g eat wealth and poverty walk sldo by sldo us over In tho marts of trade. Tho I mitil mil mntil iKlilnli r T I i I lui ,inn " " - - - I hundreds In tho llttlo village aro contented, embryotlc city wds Htruck in tho territorial iabors to spend their remaining days In prosperous and satlslled with tho bounty loglslaturo which met nt Florence when It poaco and plenty. Ono does not need to bo which him ionic to thorn out of tho rich soil lost and Omaha won tho state capital by ono told or to takn a second look at tho village ns tho fruits of their lndiittry. Thero le no voto. Another legislature also admlnlstorcd nn,i surrounding country to know that this ostentatious display of great wealth and no tho finishing touches to tho visions of great- H a prosperous community. The c mmodl- palaces of brick and stone to mock tho poor uosb. Originally Fontnncllo was in Dodgo 0Us houses and barns, kept painted and In who strive from day to day for broad and county and was tho county seat. Washing- repair, tho well kept lawns nnd neatly shelter. Thero nro comfortable hoinoa every- ton county was a comparatively narrow st.lp trimmed shade trees, well tilted fields nnd where nnd thero Is no cry of dlstuss from ni0ng the Missouri river. An effort was abundanco of well fed stock tell tho story tho neighboring dooryard to mar tho hap- mado by tho people of Fremont, coupled with mioro forcefully thnn words. Out of what pltuss of any In this community. Had tho those of Washington county, to havo tho was a wilderness. In 18.15, when the first set tlers enme. has boon wrought as near a SS29BH mmm I i hnlii I i III UEMAINS OF LOO HOUSE 1IUILT T1Y IIBNUY SI'ItICK IN 18.r.r,. .irwiims of the fuundeia of Fontauollo boeu realized tho picture might havo boeu re versed. Orluln or llf 'I'oivii. Fontanelle had Its origin In tho formation of tho Qulucy Colonization society, which was organized at Qulncy, 111., in 1851. Tho mu inborn of tho society sout a committee to Nebraska in that year to select a location for a town which It was tho lntontlon of tho members of tho company to make thu cnpttal of tho state. When the cMiimlttoe camo thoy wero urged by thu few people then In Omaha to cast their lot la this city. They lookod further and decided that at thu con fluence of tho vnlleys of tho l'latto and Elk horn rlvois was tho place whore tho future great city of tho statu was to be. Thoy selected for tho towusltu a Bsctlon of laud on tho bluff overlooking tho valley, two miles from where the town of Xlckeron now Htaiids and nine miles from Fremont. Thoy argued that tho Union Puclllc railroad, whUh watt then but a vision, must comu up tho valloy. It camo up tho valley when lln.tUy built, but on tho other side of tho river and left Fontanelle to ono sldo, Thoro woro flfty mombors of tho coloniza tion company nnd many of them camo to tho now town. Aside from tho moniberd of tho compnny thoro wero numbers of others who cast their lot with thom. Tho Ideas of tho ..nlnttlutu wnrn tirnnil mill linn of the lirdt thoughts was to provldo for educational fa. ollltles. An amplo plot of ground was sot asldo for a college, a capl.ol nnd court homo so.uaro wero laid out, tho streets mado brcal and regular, and everything dotio that could bu to mako tho clty-whlch-was-to-bo u beautiful ono and an Ideal placo In which to llvo. Tho rolllug puilrlo Btrotchlng away on tho ono side, tho broad hot- toms of tho two rivers on tho other present a ploturo which la entrnnclng, and in man who soos It can galnBay that tho found ors selected an ideal place on which to bu Id i( great city. Flrt Settlement. Tho first settlement was mado In 1855, and among thoso who camo In that year was lloury Sprlck, tho only stockholder of the company who now realdos lu tho place, James Peters, another mombor or tho com- I any, lives In tho valloy a fow miles from there and 1). II. Carpenter, who was ono of ,ho original settlors but not a member of the colonization company, still resides In the town. Wl.h Mr. Sprlck came llvo young men -Honry llienkman, William Luslng, Honry Stork, Frederick Haybrok and William Moscha. Tho township of Fontanelle Is now practically all settled by thcao six men, tbclr descendant! and frltud who follow build homos for themselves. This accom- pllshod and provision tnado for tho lm- mediate material wants of tho sottlers, tho work of providing for tho education of tho r,Bng generation wa taken up. Tho college conlolnp;ntt;li by .'originators of tho colony was formed nnd thb college build- Ing orocted In 185D. It was called tho Unl- vorslty of Nebraska. Tho original buildings woro destroyed by flro, but wero rebuilt. Mr. Sprlck and threo other trustees of tho col- lego went security for tho lumber bl 1 and collnnso In tho town's nrcsnecta .... ... .... m. rami, wi.rn rnmnnlled to nav tho bill. Tlio collego was under tho control of tho Con- 1,1 tho portion which Is loft for town pur grcgatlonal church and was ntnoved to P8CS tlluro ' a Btoro- n I,ubUo Bcn3(1 bulla" Croto and Is now known as Doano collogo. ,n?. n blackBinlth shop, creamery, two Mlniacil ! One Vote. Tho first blow at tho prospects of tho fflfftinlMI H PLACE WHERE FIIIST HOUSE .ortlon of Dodgo county iu which Fontanollo .ns located separated from Dodge and at- tachod to Washington county. This accom j lhod, Fremont would havo a clear flo.d f r county seat of Uodgo county. I'otltloua and remonstrances woro circulated for and acalnst such action. It Is allogod that tho tr.nsfor was accomplished by sharp prac- iC0; that tho names which woro signed to the remonstrance woro separated from this heading and attached to thu petition and w,th this unanimous showing tho legislature n ado tho change This was In 1S59 'Iho final blow came when tho Union Pacific railroad, In building up tho Platto valloy, remaliml ou tho south sldo of tho rlvor aud loft the town several miles In- land. It could grow and nourish without a railroad when other towns woro In tho soma plight, but could not do so when rivals huxl this advantage. Years after, when tho Elk- horn road was built up tho valloy which tho llttlo town of FonUinollo overlooks it had lost all aspirations to be a city and had sulslded Into rural contontment and proB. porlty. MuUlutr Fp ' " "' with Uio euccwslonfl of misfortunes tho niombors of tho company abmdonod It ono by one until, ai itatod above, Mr. Sprlck ! ' OMAUA ILLUSTRATED .BEE. tho only ono remaining In tho town. Tho townspeople commoncod to spread out Into tho country nnd acqulro farms. Onco set tled, they sent for friends and rclatlvrs anil now Mr. Sprlck and his chlldron, tho llvo young men who camo with him, their fami lies, relatives and friends who havo Joined thom mako up practically tho entlro popula tion of Fontnncllo township, Washington county. As tho owners of tho loin desired to soil, Mr. Sprlck purchased thom. Oth ers went away and nbandoncd their hold- It was by streets and alloys tho land was of llttlo use for nny purpose. It was valueless for city property and could not bo farmed. lie secured tho consent of all parties Interested alleys vacated ox d and had tho streets and xcept such as wero needed for highways, and thus what was Intended as a great city, and which camo within ono voto of being tho capital of Nebraska, is ow ono of tho richest and finest farms In this 8tnl- Mr. Sprlck takes commondablo I'r'de In tho fact that all this has boon ac- compllshcd without a slnglo lawsuit, dlffer- ,mn nf nnini nn nr trntlliln nf nnv Vltlfl. onco or opinion or troumo 01 any Kinu. ciiurcucH unit luu iiwuiiiuga ui uiu (icuinu who opcrato theso establishments and a few f tho farmers who linvo retired from actlvo Garden of Eden ns this modern world Is likely to see. The soil Is rich and only needs to bo stirred with a plow to respond with a harvest, and tho men who llvo hero havo followed tho pursuit Industriously. In all this township last year thoro was but ono pleco of property advertised for de linquent tnxea and tho owner of this mado a bcellno for tho county seat and paid up as soon as ho discovered ho had overlooked tho payment until It wns advertised. Fonta- nolle township, Washington county, lays claim to being tho richest farming township In tho stnto, and tho township which dls- putes tho claim must mako a mighty good showing or tnko down. Full of Yt'lirH mill IIiiiioi'n. As tho only ono of tho original company Mr Sprlck Is 1 oked up to as tho patriarch of the community. Personally n man of strong character It could not bo otherwisj than that ho should nlways havo boon a leader in tho community and tho county, Ho was elected to tho lower house of tho state legislature In 1873, 1877 nnd 1881 nnd tn tim ointn snnnin from Wnshlneton and Lee , lo . in 188 ? In bo 5 " of thwo l o lies ho " m a lea lor lot .1 ZT bodies ho was a leader amon aim WAS IUIILT IN FONTANELLE. PRESENT RESIDENCE OF HENRY SPRICK. iBBBBBfc 1 vuBBht'' Bm V HENRY SI'HICK ONE OF TI1K ORIGINAL FONTANELLE COLONISTS. monopoly republican forces. Ho Is stl.l of the saniu political faith. In two matters paitlcularly ho has the mcst decided con- victlons that tho American Idea that tho foundation of all good government Is In tho education of tho masses, and that it Is tho duty of ov-.-ry good citizen to go to tho polls on election day and cast his ballot, '"'o community is of tho same way of think- '"B and the result Is that whllo tho early ambition to havo a collego has failed them they havo always had tho best of public schools. Mr. Sprlck has novor failed, slnco ho settled in Fontanelle In 1855, to cast hU ballot when election day camo and proposes to keep up tho record as long aa his 11 o is spared. Personally, ho says ho has had all of tho honors of political llfo which ho de- sires nnd that his only ambition is to spend mimInlng , ,)eaco am, qulot and u,. hit. Mtnllv nrnaluTnnx nn,I Imnr.v nrnlllld him. After nil tho vicissitudes of pioneer life, with Its hardships and Incessant labors of building a homo out of tho wilderness, ho Is nt 73 halo and hearty and supervises his largo business Interests. Ouo of tho pictures presents a vlow of tho slto on which tho first bouse was erected in Fontanollo. Tho log structuro which originally stood thero has gono and In Its stead Is a noat frame. Carefully trlmmod trees havo taken tho place of tho native growth and tho comfort which everything in tho surroundings betokens gives no In- mention of tho condition In which tho pie- neor found It. Two other of tho views show tho placo ot Mr. Sprlck. The old log houso was erectod by him iu 1855, and, though tlmo has dis mantled it, no other hand will add to the ruin whilu the builder or his children live. In It ho and tho llvo men who camo with him lived during tho tlrst winter of tholr stay and to It Mr. Sprlck Inter brought his brldo and started out in married llfo. To ono sldo can be seen tho corner of his second bouse, which was erected In 18G5 as ho had prosperod through his labors. An othor plcturo shows tho commodious brick structuro in which ho resides at prosont. It was erected In 1883 and the trees which surround It wero planted nt that tlmo. The plcturo of Mr. Sprlck was takon while sit- May 27, 1000. ting upon tho porch of his residence. What a train of thought must pa3s through h s mind as ho views In tho threo houses the rlso and fall of his hopes, tho evolution from a wilderness to a verltablo paradise, His early dreams of a great city aro gono, never to return, but as ho looks around him he confesses ho has no regrets. Tho band which guides the dostlny of tho unlvorso makes no mistakes. Ho Is happy and con- tented. Ib it not possible that had his am- bltions been realized thoy would havo been oniy dead sea fruit? C'dUSC Ot HlS JOV ueirou t reo tress, mere was a sllgni cllllon between a heavy wagon and a ped- ui-s cart 0n Hastings street the other day. and tho peddler was thrown to tho pave- meQt Considerable forCO. A Crowd fathered and the unconscious form waj lo ""'o, After sprinkling tho unfortunate man's face with water, aud holding a sponge soaked in vinegar under his nose, ho soon regained consciousness and muttered: "Vero am I?" "You'ro all right," replied tho M. D. in attendance "Just badly shaken up, that's all." "Vat bitted mo. O! my, I feel so dizzy. I ain't goln' to die, am I, no?" ho suddenly exclaimed. "Nn nn " tan Id the dnnfnr onnnrrtualno- n sme( ..you. b(J a rght , an hour "Dat's good, dafs good. I don't vant to lUo yot a vllo Vy t only chu8t pnll, for flllln' my teeth." 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