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Major Walker: North Platte's most beloved Civil War veteran

Ralston's early history reads like a movie — 'Twister' or 'Music Man'

Three years after the 1913 tornado destroyed much of the new village, a flim-flam film man stirred up visions of Ralston becoming the next Hollywood.

Apartment living has been an Omaha housing option since 1891

The city s first apartment building was the Van Dorn, later renamed the Mengedoht Apartments, at 22nd and Leavenworth Streets. A quarter-century later and across Leavenworth was built the Drake Court.

Omaha's Black police officers have walked the thin blue line with pride

The city hired its first Black policeman in 1874 and kept those who followed mostly segregated to North Omaha duty until the 1960s.

Happy birthday, Kearney. It's 150 years old