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Omaha, Nebraska map of Omaha, Nebraska, and vicinity c. 1900 downtown Omaha, Nebraska A photo of Union Pacific Center, a glass-and-steel office building in Omaha, Nebraska, the headquarters of Union Pacific Railroad. Gene Leahy Mall, Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska, with Rosenblatt Stadium Creighton University Mall Freeway Postcard image of the U.S. Government Building, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898.
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Nebraska, United States
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Harl Adams Dalstrom
Professor of History, University of Nebraska, Omaha. Author of A.V. Sorensen and the New Omaha.
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Omaha, city, seat (1855) of Douglas county, eastern Nebraska, U.S. It is situated on the west bank of the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa. Omaha is Nebraska’s biggest city and a regional manufacturing, transportation, trade, and service hub. From the 1890s through the mid-20th century Omaha emerged as one of the top livestock markets in the world and a leader in the meat-processing industry. Founded in 1854, it soon became known as a “gateway...

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