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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13JH_john-wesley-nichols_Omaha-NE.html
John Wesley Nichols was born January 28, 1839, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to Samuel and Katharine Maxwell Nichols. Little is known of his early years. In 1860 he married Sarah Elizabeth Dearborn, also born in Crawford County. Nichols joi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13JF_william-davis-brown_Omaha-NE.html
William Brown is credited as Omaha's founder (although not its first settler). He operated a Missouri River ferry from Council Bluffs and was a principal in the company that first developed the Omaha townsite. Mr. Brown came west as a young man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13IF_alfred-sorenson_Omaha-NE.html
Alfred Sorenson, the doyen of Omaha newspapermen, was a picturesque figure familiar around Omaha. His varied career led him to seek the offices of U.S. Senator twice and Congressman once. He was unsuccessful all three times, but remarked that he d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ID_james-g-megeath_Omaha-NE.html
Born in Virginia in 1824, James Megeath was the eldest of 10 children. By age 20, he had become a cattle and sheep trader. Struck by gold fever, he went to Calaveras County, California, in 1851, operating a general merchantise store for three year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13HQ_johan-and-sophia-ahmanson_Omaha-NE.html
Johan Ahmanson was born on April 7, 1827, in Smaland, Sweden. At age six he was taken to live with a farmer, for whom he worked until age eighteen. He became a master bookbinder and emigrated to Denmark in 1849. There he was recruited by the Mormo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13HK_andrew-jackson-poppleton_Omaha-NE.html
Andrew was born on July 25, 1830, in Oakland County, Michigan, one of seven children, and was reared on a farm. His father, William, had served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Andrew attended the University of Michigan, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GI_presidents-house_Omaha-NE.html
In August 1905, the Fort Omaha post was reestablished with a new mission. The War Department designated Fort Omaha as a place of instruction for the technical duties in connection with the Signal Corps of the Army. With this change, the War Depart…
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