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The claim was contested, but the court issued a writ of permanent injunction. The committee entered upon the discharge of its duties, but was soon restrained from further action by a writ of injunction based upon the claim that the articles of Incorporation did not specifically grant authority to publish a history. President Wattles appointed to membership on the Committee on History three directors, viz., Gen. It was provided, further, that a copy of the history be placed in the Omaha Public Library one in the library of the University of Nebraska one in the library of the Omaha High School, and one in the library of Creighton College. This committee was empowered to employ a suitable person as historian: to disburse the fund as needed to approve the manuscript and illustrations prepared for publication, and to fix the quality of binding. The resolution authorized the President to appoint a Committee on History, composed of three members of the directory. Manderson offered a resolution, which was adopted, providing that material for a history of the Exposition he collected and that the sum of $10,000 be appropriated with which to defray the expense of publication. Every officer and nearly every director felt that a permanent record of the grand achievement should be made, not only to preserve a faithful portrayal of its artistic triumphs, but also to contain a chronicle of the deeds of the men of the West who planned, fashioned and conducted to its consummation one of the greatest public enterprises known to the annals of the Trans-Mississippi region.Īt a meeting of the Board of Directors, October 7, 1898, Gen.

I congratulate the management upon its magnificent enterprise, and assure all who participate in this undertaking of the deep interest which the Government has in its success."ĭEDICATED TO THE ACTIVE MEN OF THE WEST WHOSE ABILITY, ENERGY, AND SELF-SACRIFICING FIDELITY TO PUBLIC DUTY MADE POSSIBLE A STUPENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTįROM the moment the success of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898 was assured, there was manifested a popular desire that a history of the great project be published. In peace or war, the men and women of the West have ever been in the vanguard.

Nowhere have the unconquerable determination, self-reliant strength and sturdy manhood of our American citizenship been more forcibly illustrated. It is a matchless tribute to the energy and endurance of the pioneer, while its vast agricultural development, its progress in manufactures, its advancement in the arts and sciences, and in all departments of education and endeavor, have been inestimable contributions to the civilization and wealth of the world.

The mighty West affords striking evidences of the splendid achievements and possibilities of our people. "THE EVENTS of the memorable half century which the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition commemorates, are interwoven with the history of the nation and are of surpassing importance.