William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody held the first official performance of his Wild West show just half a mile northeast of here on May 19, 1883. Eight thousand people attended the premiere at the Omaha Driving Park near Eighteenth and Sprague streets.…
At this site in 1898, Omaha hosted the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.Following the model of other "world's fairs," the exposition highlighted the "Progress of theWest," drawing over 2.5 million admissions.The exposition grounds en…