North Omaha, Nebraska has a recorded history spanning over 200 years, pre-dating the rest of Omaha, encompassing wildcat banks, ethnic enclaves, race riots and social change. North Omaha has roots bac
Pawnee lodge
Mormons at Florence
Night view of the Grand Court. Photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898.
Omaha Tornado Damage 1913
History of Omaha, Nebraska
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The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s.
The Hotel Fontenelle, formerly located in downtown Omaha
Omaha Central High School sits on the site of the old capitol building on capitol hill in Downtown Omaha.