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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GH_history-of-fort-omaha_Omaha-NE.html
As a result of a major confrontation from 1866-1868 between the U.S. Army and the Lakota (Sioux), the U.S. government signed a treaty agreeing that the Army would abandon several posts along the Bozeman Trail. By this time, the Union Pacific had a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GG_fort-omaha-officers-row_Omaha-NE.html
Built in 1906, Fort Omaha's "Officers Row" typifies the architecture appropriate for officers' residences on an army post in the early 20th century. Large and impressively formal, the houses lack elaborate exterior decoration characteristic of res…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GE_general-crooks-headquarters-at-fort-omaha_Omaha-NE.html
Upon the recommendation of Lt. General William T. Sherman, in 1866 the Adjutant General's office created the Department of the Platte which included present-day Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and a portion of southeastern Idaho. As departm…
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 …
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