Past and Present of Platte County, Nebraska

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The work left unfinished by J Oliet — the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi — was accomplished by the indomitable La Salle. The discovery of a water route to China, the planting of colonies in the West, the ...