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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CF_hanscom-park-flower-garden_Omaha-NE.html
Land for Hanscom Park was donated in 1872 by Andrew J. Hanscom and James Megeath. Improvements including flower beds, lakes, cascades and fountains greatly changed the site's rugged character. In time, the park was referred to as "one of the four …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13BW_hanscom-park-lagoon_Omaha-NE.html
Hanscom Park, Omaha's oldest remaining park, was designed by landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland in 1889. Early improvements were described in the 1898 Park Commissioner's Report: "Two lakes, a cascade, extensive flower beds, two and one-half mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13BV_people-places-and-stories_Omaha-NE.html
The joint efforts of many individuals and groups - among them military men and scientists, a president and an enslaved man, French-speaking boatmen and American Indians, women and men - determined the fate of the Corps of Discovery. Today, more th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13BN_preserving-our-heritage_Omaha-NE.html
The Midwest Regional Office, located in Omaha since 1937, assists NPS sites across the heartland of the United States. Inside this building, more than 200 people - from architects to wildland fire managers - work to sustain the heritage of all Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZVW_historic-prospect-hill-omahas-pioneer-cemetery_Omaha-NE.html
Founded in 1858 by Byron Reed, early Omaha real estate developer and financier, Prospect Hill is the final resting place for over 15,000 citizens. While burial permit #1 was issued for Territorial Legislator Alonzo Salisbury on October 4, 1858, ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRA0_congregation-of-israel-1884_Omaha-NE.html
Jews have been part of Nebraska's social, economic and political life since the mid 1800's. It was not until 1871 that the small Jewish community in Omaha grew large enough to organize and formally found Congregation of Israel.
On Sept. 9, 1884…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNL2_millard-block-1880-1881_Omaha-NE.html
Omaha capitalist Ezra Millard, a former mayor of Omaha and the man for whom a western suburb was named, erected the four-story Millard Block in 1880-81. The first tenants were Tootle, Maul & Co., wholesale dry goods; Reed, Jones & Co., boots and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNKW_anheuser-busch-beer-depot-1887_Omaha-NE.html
Omaha was a rich brew of immigrants, and many brought with them a well-developed taste for hops, giving rise to a half-dozen local breweries in the late 19th century. In 1887, Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis built a distribution complex in Omaha, desi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNKV_morse-coe-building_Omaha-NE.html
Architects Findley and Shields designed this five-story brick, built in 1892-93 for $40,000. Footwear wholesalers W.V. Morse & Co. and Charles A. Coe and Company combined to manufacture a thousand shoes daily here, with sales focused on the wester…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNKT_omaha-union-station_Omaha-NE.html
No other improvement...canequal in utility the railroad.Abraham LincolnMarch 9, 1832
Dedicated by the railways of Omahato the service, comfort andconvenience of the people