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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJS_melia_Gretna-NE.html
The village of Melia grew up around a Burlington Railroad station established just north of here in 1902. The station, which served as a cattle shipping point, was named for John J. Melia, on whose land it was located. In 1903, John J. Melia opene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJR_narcissa-whitman_Broadwater-NE.html
Narcissa Whitman, trail-blazer and martyred missionary, is one of the great heroines of the frontier West. In 1836 she and Eliza Spalding, following the north side of the Platte on horseback, became the first white women to cross the American cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ76_shinns-ferry_Bellwood-NE.html
Moses Shinn and his son Dick began operating Shinn's Ferry across the Platte in 1859. The original site was near Savannah, the first Butler County seat, and a short distance from the present Schuyler bridge. Just above this location the Platte was…
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
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNKJ_windsor-hotel_Omaha-NE.html
The Windsor Hotel, designed in the Italianate style, was constructed in two phases - the east wing was completed in 1885, and an addition to the west was finished by 1887. It was designed to be a workingman's hotel, and with the proximity to both …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNKA_omaha-firehouse-1903-1904_Omaha-NE.html
In 1903, George Fisher and Harry Lawrie designed Fire Substation No. 1 in the then-popular Chateauesque style. The gabled third floor gave the building the look of a French chateau. On April 9, 1917, firefighters were sunning themselves out front …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ0_william-henry-jackson_Omaha-NE.html
From 1867 to 1869 the first photography studio of William Henry Jackson, renowned photographer, artist, and explorer of the Old West, stood on the northwest corner of this block. His autobiography, Time Exposure, reports that in 1869 Omaha had the…