Editing Cozad, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Cozad was founded in 1873 by John J. Cozad, murderer, gambler, [[Ohio]] native, and father of painter [[Robert Henri]]. Cozad was often regarded as immoral among the citizens of the early town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cozad Family History|url=https://www.roberthenrimuseum.org/the-cozad-family-history|access-date=2022-02-21|website=henri|language=en}}</ref> He purchased 40,000 acres of land from the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] and laid out the future town.  He built houses on some of the land to entice people to settle.  He sold off most of the land to future residents<ref name=bowman>{{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=J. R.|editor1-last=Shearer|editor1-first=Frederick E.|title=The Pacific tourist. J.R. Bowman's illustrated transcontinental guide of travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean|date=1882|publisher=J.R. Bowman|location=New York|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbsUAAAAYAAJ&q=The%20Pacific%20tourist.%20J.R.%20Bowman's%20illustrated%20transcontinental%20guide%20of%20travel%20from%20the%20Atlantic%20to%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean&pg=PA38V|access-date=15 May 2018|oclc=752667534}}</ref> who named the town after him.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | isbn=0803250606 }} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/dawson/cozad/ | title=Cozad, Dawson County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=4 August 2014 | archive-date=2 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802221946/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/dawson/cozad/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>  Cozad also founded [[Cozaddale, Ohio]], a small, unincorporated village 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Warren County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyJEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA618|year=1882|publisher=W.H. Beers & Company|page=618}}</ref>

[[File:100th Meridian Museum.jpg|left|thumb|100th Meridian Museum]]
The city includes at least two museums:  the [[100th Meridian Museum]] and the [[Robert Henri Museum]].

The [[Cozad Downtown Historic District]], an area roughly bounded by 9th, 7th, H and F Streets, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2018.  The [[Hendee Hotel]], today the main building of the Robert Henri Museum, and [[Allen's Opera House]] are also NRHP-listed.