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into three shifts with the assignment of about 14 miles
for each team. Faster transit was constantly being sought.
Horsecars were operated irregularly or not at all in various
Nebraska towns after 1889. One was operated north of
Lincoln to Belmont as late as 1906. In Nebraska City the
last horsecar made its final run to Morton Park during
Chautauqua week in 1910. In Red Cloud they continued to
meet all the trains until 1918. ■
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Horse-drawn streetcars in Lincoln, ca. 1881. History Nebraska RG2158-798c
