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Omaha South High School is an information technology and visual/performing arts magnet school which educates students in grades 9–12. It is located in Omaha , Nebraska , United States. Built in the 1930s, it is one of the largest high school buildings in the state.
The Western Star was a Polish language newspaper published in Omaha from 1904 to 1945. [16] During the 1920s, Polish neighborhoods in Omaha produced many successful amateur baseball teams. [17] A statue was placed in honor of Poles from the Omaha area who fought with the Blue Army during World War I at St. John's Cemetery in the suburb of ...
The Durham Museum (formerly known as the Durham Western Heritage Museum) is located at 801 South 10th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of the United States' western region. The museum is housed in Omaha's former Union Station.
Northwest Omaha is a community area in Omaha, Nebraska. It holds several neighborhoods. It holds several neighborhoods. The area is loosely bound by West Maple Road to the south, the Douglas - Washington County line to the north, Elkhorn to the west, and McKinley Street, I-680 , and 72nd Street to the east.
The Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary was located at 3303 North 21st Place in North Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Opened in 1891 in downtown Omaha, the institution moved to the Kountze Place neighborhood in North Omaha in 1902 and closed in 1943. Converted to apartments, the building stood until 1979 when a fire destroyed it.
No longer functioning in Omaha. New York Life Insurance Company: 1845 Omaha Country Club: 1899 Omaha Public Power District: 1946 Omaha World-Herald: 1885 Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889. Peter Kiewit Sons: 1884 Packaging Corporation of America: 1959
The Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant is located at 1514-1524 Cuming Street in North Omaha, Nebraska. In its 16 years of operation, the plant employed 1,200 people and built approximately 450,000 cars and trucks. In the 1920s, it was Omaha's second-biggest shipper.
1883 Omaha connected by telephone with Lincoln and Plattsmouth. 1883 The Omaha Union Stock Yards Company was organized. 1885 Gilbert Hitchcock founded the Omaha World-Herald. 1891 African American George Smith lynched in Omaha for "leering at a white woman." 1891 500 workers attack the ASARCO plant in downtown.