The County Seat, is beautifully located in the valley of the Big Blue, near the geographical center of the County, and is at present the terminus of a southeastern branch of the B. & M. Railroad.

It is handsomely built up, and is one of the largest and most attractive towns in Southeastern Nebraska.

 Its present population is 1,700.

Among the buildings of note are a neat $16,000 courthouse,There are many elegant brick business blocks and beautiful private residences surrounded with shade trees and shrubbery.

Beatrice, being the terminus of a railroad, is the shipping point for the stock and grain of a large scope of country on the south.

It also has three excellent newspapers, the Courier, Express, and Leader.

Good bridges span all the streams in the vicinity.

The U. S. Land Office is located here.

Johnsons History of Nebraska