Cozzens House Hotel collection 1866-1868 Cozzens House Hotel collection

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Cozzens House Hotel collection 1866-1868 Cozzens House Hotel collection

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This collection is made up of receipts and other financial records pertaining to the Cozzens House Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, between 1867 and 1868. Three letters relate to an 1868 legal dispute between the hotel's later lessees and the real estate company Credit Foncier of America.

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392290

William L. Clements Library

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Savage, James W.

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First National Bank (Omaha, Neb.)

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Chicago and North Western Railway Company

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The Credit Foncier of America.

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Edward Cozzens & Company

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The first hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, the St. Nicholas, opened in 1854, and was followed by several other hotels throughout the next decade. In May 1867, George Francis Train (1829-1904) was staying in Omaha when he determined to build a hotel to compete with the Herndon Hotel, then the city's largest. After approximately two months of construction, the hotel was rented to Edward Cozzens and John M. Bettman, who ran it for about one year. The Cozzens House became the city's premiere h...