The Trans-Mississippi Exposition ran from June to October 1898 on land southwest of 16th Street and Ames Avenue in the north part of the then-city. More than 2.6 million visitors
One of the tales is set in the area between South Omaha s Laurel Hill Cemetery and north Bellevue from pioneer days, the other in the western hills of old Omaha
Many of the city s first medical and dental practitioners had been in other fields and some went on to other careers. The first house call by an Omaha doctor was
The Douglas County village northeast of the new Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad was platted in 1887 on land bought from Peter and Louise Bunz, with an addition to
Elmwood Park, Omaha s most-used greenspace, began with a recommendation from H.W.S. Cleveland for a large park on the western outskirts. Some of the land had been used to grow cucumbers