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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…
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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ES_fort-omaha-hospital_Omaha-NE.html
Maintaining the health and well-being of soldiers at Fort Omaha was accomplished only after overcoming serious obstacles. One such obstacle was the shortage of potable water. By 1869 only two of the Fort's wells were considered safe for drinkin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZVW_historic-prospect-hill-omahas-pioneer-cemetery_Omaha-NE.html
Founded in 1858 by Byron Reed, early Omaha real estate developer and financier, Prospect Hill is the final resting place for over 15,000 citizens. While burial permit #1 was issued for Territorial Legislator Alonzo Salisbury on October 4, 1858, ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3K_crook-house_Omaha-NE.html
On April 27, 1875, General George A. Crook assumed command of the Department of the Platte, which then included Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and part of Montana and Idaho. When the headquarters was shifted from downtown Omaha to Fort Omaha (Omah…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2F_fort-omaha_Omaha-NE.html
A military post was first established here in 1868 and named Sherman Barracks after the famous Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman. The post's name was soon changed to Omaha Barracks and, in 1878, to Fort Omaha. In 1879, General George Cro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM29_malcolm-x_Omaha-NE.html
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born Malcolm Little at University Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925. He was the son of Earl and Louise Little, 3448 Pinkney Street. Reverend Little helped organize the Universal Negro Improvement Association. A…
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