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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8A_capt-lewis-will-give-us-accounts-of-new-things-only_Omaha-NE.html
Between 1804 and 1806, the Corps of Discovery traveled from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific coast and back. President Jefferson instructed Meriwether Lewis to collect information on "the soil & face of the country, [its] growth & vegetable pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D89_endeavor-to-make-yourself-acquainted-with-the-nations_Omaha-NE.html
In August 1804, members of the Expedition visited villages like this one, homes to the Otoe and Missouria who lived in what is today Omaha. Planning to invite these tribes to a council, or meeting, the explorers found the villages deserted. The tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D88_nature-exerted-herself-to-butify-the-senery_Omaha-NE.html
The tallgrass prairies of Nebraska stood in stark contrast to the forested homelands of the explorers. Dense grasses, some taller than a man, covered the land. Lewis and Clark noted beauty in the vast reaches of waist-high grarsses, a beauty beyon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198G_omaha_Omaha-NE.html
Buried here at Ak-Sar-Ben is Omaha, one of the immortals of the American turf. His sire Gallant Fox was the 1930 winner of the Triple Crown, and Omaha succeeded him to this title in 1935. To win the Triple Crown a three-year-old must win the Kentu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1757_union-walk_Omaha-NE.html
This Union Walk is a reminder to all of our citizens, as well as a salute to the unionized men and women from all walks of life, who invested their energy, the sweat of their brow, and sometimes even their lives to forge a better life for themselv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13R4_boys-town-veterans-memorial_Omaha-NE.html
Dedicated to Boys Town'ssons & daughters whohave served their country in theArmed ForcesJuly 1991
HonoringBoys Town Alumniwho gave theUltimate Sacrifice
Ask not what your country can do for youask what you can do for your country
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LL_dundee-memorial-park-streetcar-wall_Omaha-NE.html
Dundee, Omaha's first suburb, was connected to downtown by the streetcar. Dundee was literally the end-of-the-line. The streetcars reversed their course just west of this site. In 1891, a steam driven "trolley" and then a horse-drawn car brought p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LA_james-m-woolworth_Omaha-NE.html
Born in 1829 in Onondaga County, New York, Mr. Woolworth graduated with high honors from Hamilton College in 1849, and took up the study of law. After two years practicing in Syracuse, New York, he determined to go west and locate in the new commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13L3_joseph-francis-bauman_Omaha-NE.html
Born in Germany, Joseph Francis Bauman came to Omaha in the early 1860s. Like many others, he may have been escaping the wars that plagued Central Europe at that time. In 1863, with his partner John Green, he purchased a brewery from a Mr. McCombe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13KY_spanish-american-war-memorial_Omaha-NE.html
This beautiful monument to the soldiers of the Spanish-American War was erected in 1900 by the Lee Forby Encampment #1 of the Spanish-American War Veterans.
Captain Lee Forby, born January 3, 1871, was wounded at the Battle of San Francisco del…