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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GB_fort-omaha-balloon-school_Omaha-NE.html
Until after World War I, no other method equaled a soldier's ability to send intelligence information directly to the ground by telephone from an observation balloon.
Fort Omaha entered America's balloon and aviation history in April 1909 when …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GA_observation-balloon-training-at-fort-omaha_Omaha-NE.html
After nine years of inactivity, Fort Omaha reopened in 1905 as a school for noncommissioned Signal Corps officers. A structure to house the army's only dirigible (balloon airship) was completed in 1908, and the first dirigible flew in April 1909. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13G9_fort-omaha-knights-of-columbus-assembly-hall_Omaha-NE.html
During World War I, citizen participation in relief and aid societies was exceptional across America. Omaha's Red Cross chapter led all cities in the country in per capita membership.
In addition to the Red Cross providing a canteen at Fort Oma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FU_quartermasters-office-and-commissary_Omaha-NE.html
Throughout the frontier era, the Quartermaster's Department oversaw post construction, supply procurement and transportation. It worked closely with the Subsistence Department which purchased and assigned rations. To both agencies, Fort Omaha repr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FM_fort-omaha-guardhouse_Omaha-NE.html
To maintain discipline among a large garrison, Fort Omaha commanders strictly followed the military code of the frontier era. Facing occasional problems with drunkenness, insubordination, fighting and desertion, officers were quick to punish offen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FK_fort-omaha-post-exchange-and-gymnasium_Omaha-NE.html
In 1880, nearly a dozen years after Fort Omaha was established, indoor hot and cold water bathing facilities were installed - three shower rooms for enlisted men and one for officers. By the end of the 19th century a new attitude towards the healt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FI_fort-omaha-fire-station_Omaha-NE.html
Originally a filtration plant constructed in 1912, this building was remodeled and enlarged to become the Post Exchange Building in 1923. All incoming or outgoing calls, whether emergency or routine, would pass through the Post switchboard housed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FH_ordnance-magazine_Omaha-NE.html
This small, tin-roofed building hardly suggests its central role in the mission of the officers and troops once stationed at Fort Omaha. Constructed in 1883-84, the ordnance magazine was the chief storage place for weapons and ammunition.
It wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13F9_fort-omaha-quartermaster-depot_Omaha-NE.html
Even after the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Army relied on mules and wagons to outfit its isolated posts. The Department of the Platte, headquartered at Fort Omaha, paid over $700,000 to acquire and transport troops and fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13F8_fort-omaha-headquarters-building_Omaha-NE.html
Constructed in 1906, this double barracks building housed noncommissioned officers of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which had reactivated Fort Omaha in 1905. During World War I, this building served as South Post Headquarters for the Army's first ba…