World War II
Biddle, Melvin E. · PFC · 24 Dec 44 · Belgium · 517th Airborne
Cole, Robert G. · LTC · 11 Jun 44 · France · 101st Airborne
Deglopper, Charles N. · PFC · 9 Jun 44 · France · 82nd Airborne
Eubanks, Ray E. · SGT · 23 Jul 44 · New . . . — — Map (db m261964) WM
Air Assault
Parachutists
Glider Men
Airborne Rangers
Lest we forget
Those who are serving
Those who have served
Those who will serve
This statue portrays a fully laden WWII paratrooper jumping from a C-47 aircraft and into . . . — — Map (db m262259) WM
Ak-Sar-Ben Field, whose hangars were located on the southeastern corner of these grounds, was used extensively during the early development of U.S. Postal Air Mail Service. Ray Benedict landed here with the first air mail from Chicago on May 15, . . . — — Map (db m265442) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58237) HM
American servicemen have displayed exemplary courage in all our nation's wars. They have sacrificed their time, their energy, given their blood and thousands their lives, to help keep America free.
This flag is a special tribute to the Medal of . . . — — Map (db m35168) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58201) HM
Omaha was a rich brew of immigrants, and many brought with them a well-developed taste for hops, giving rise to a half-dozen local breweries in the late 19th century. In 1887, Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis built a distribution complex in Omaha, . . . — — Map (db m35267) HM
The Bank of Florence was chartered by the Nebraska Territorial legislature on January 18, 1856. It was located in this substantial building, constructed during the same year. Sheet steel one quarter inch thick, shipped by river steamboat from . . . — — Map (db m90468) HM
This building has carried the Baum Iron name since the company purchased and occupied the property in 1905. Baum Iron Company was established in 1857 and was originally across the street. At one time this firm was the largest wholesaler of iron . . . — — Map (db m31368) HM
Archaeological evidence shows periodic Native American residence in this general area for some 12,000 years. From the mid-1600s to the early 1700s the Omaha, Ponca, Oto, and Ioway migrated from the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes to today's western . . . — — Map (db m265304) HM
Locomotive 4023, built in November of 1944, was one of 25 famous "Big Boy" type articulated locomotives. They were designed in Omaha by Union Pacific's mechanical officer Otto Jabelmann and his engineering team to support the nation's entry into . . . — — Map (db m264787) HM
38th President
of the United States
“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our Great Republic is a government of laws and not of men.
Here, the People rule…”
President Ford’s Inaugural Address . . . — — Map (db m58089) HM
This 160-acre farm, most of which is now a lake and recreational area, was once home to three generations of Boettgers: William A. and Mina Stuhr Boettger, Otto M. and Irene Grau Boettger, Robert D. and Nadeen Preston Boettger. Homesteaded by Isaac . . . — — Map (db m287958) HM
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody held the first official performance of his Wild West show just half a mile northeast of here on May 19, 1883. Eight thousand people attended the premiere at the Omaha Driving Park near Eighteenth and . . . — — Map (db m33040) HM
The initial "B" identifies this as the headquarters for the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, which occupied the upper floors upon completion in 1879 of the original building designed by A.R. Dufrene. Nave, McCord & Brady, wholesale grocers, . . . — — Map (db m229143) HM
This boulder erected 1912 by
Omaha Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution to mark
the California Trail 1849
later called the Military Road — — Map (db m265479) HM
This site on Capitol Hill was for a decade the location of Nebraska's second territorial capitol. The building was erected here in 1857 and 1858 and served until the seat of government was removed to Lincoln in 1868.
Acting-Governor Cuming . . . — — Map (db m178538) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m72050) HM
On July 27, 1804, Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery left their “White Catfish” camp and proceeded up the Missouri River. After traveling some distance, Clark “took one man R. Field and walked on Shore with a View of Examoning Som mounds” on . . . — — Map (db m32964) HM
Locomotive 6900 was one of 47 "DDA-40X" locomotives built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors exclusively for Union Pacific and according to Union Pacific specifications. These "Centennial" locomotives were built in 1969 when Union . . . — — Map (db m264785) HM
The first session of Omaha High School, now Central High School, was held on November 10, 1859, in Nebraska's territorial capitol on Ninth Street between Douglas and Farnam. Following the removal of the territorial government from Omaha, Nebraska's . . . — — Map (db m33252) HM
The settlement of Omaha began in 1854 with the opening of the Nebraska Territory. The following year Omaha was selected as the Nebraska Territorial capital. Omaha was incorporated as a city in 1857. The capital was moved from Omaha to Lincoln in . . . — — Map (db m58060) HM
Jews have been part of Nebraska’s social, economic and political life since the mid 1800’s.
It was not until 1871 that the small Jewish community in Omaha grew large enough to organize and formally found Congregation of Israel.
On Sept. . . . — — Map (db m40743) HM
Near here, the Corps of Discovery held its first council, making speeches and presenting gifts to the Otoe and Missouria. Communicating through an interpreter, members of the Expedition believed their messages were clear. But were they?
This . . . — — Map (db m72057) HM
This University is named for Edward and John A. Creighton--Ohio farm boys who gained immortality in the West. They helped to link our coasts by telegraph during the Civil War. They pioneered as cattlemen on the Laramie Plains, as merchants in the . . . — — Map (db m265307) HM
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 (Omaha . . . — — Map (db m223451) HM
Here on the banks of the Missouri River was an important outfitting site for early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1847 at an area just north of this location was the Nebraska dugway of the Upper Mormon Ferry. There . . . — — Map (db m261494) HM
The story of the Dodge Street Pedestrian Overpass began with parents' concern about the safety of their children walking to school. Responding to post-World War II growth in student population and requests from parents, the City of Omaha began . . . — — Map (db m265937) HM
Erected by the people of Douglas County to honor the men and women of this county who gave their lives in World War II
In Memorium
Abel, Charles E. · Adams, Robert S., Jr. · Abrahamson, Philip · Adler, Emil L. · Aguilera, Harold C. · . . . — — Map (db m266551) WM
In October, 1881, Mother Margaret Dunne and three religious of the Sacred Heart opened a boarding school for girls at a temporary location on Ninth and Howard in Omaha. On September 1, 1882, Bishop James O'Connor sold Park Place, a 12-acre site . . . — — Map (db m265446) HM
In the sky over 50th and Underwood, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded on April 18, 1945. The incendiary device flared brightly in the night, but caused no damage.
The Japanese military hoped the device would create an incident, which if . . . — — Map (db m265977) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58356) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m72049) HM
When Meriwether Lewis invited William Clark to join him in the "fatigues and dangers" of the excursion up the Missouri River, Clark responded, "I will cheerfully join you." During months of preparing for the journey, the two leaders took great care . . . — — Map (db m287410) HM
The Lewis and Clark Expedition's first meeting with Indians west of the Mississippi River happened ten miles north of here, in 1804. The Indians they met were members of the Oto and Missouri tribes.
Oto and Missouri tribal stories tell that . . . — — Map (db m286325) HM
On approximately this site was erected in 1854 the first home in Omaha
It was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William P. Snowden
This marker placed by Seymour Camp 16, Woodmen of the World October 13, 1946 — — Map (db m264852) HM
This plaque commemorates
the First Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass celebrated in
Omaha Nebraska - May 14, 1855
by
Father William Emonds
Erected May 1959 — — Map (db m35184) HM
First Nat'l Bank Building
Graham, Burnham & Co.
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Constructed 1916 — — Map (db m78478) HM
The Florence Mill, one of the earliest in Nebraska, was constructed by the Mormons at Winter Quarters during the winter of 1846-1847. Supplying both flour and lumber, the water-powered mill enabled the Mormons to cope more readily with the adverse . . . — — Map (db m90460) HM
On this lot stands the old mill build during the westward migration of the Mormons. Purchased by Jacob Weber in 1860. Now owned by his descendants. — — Map (db m90461) HM
A few miles north is Ft. Atkinson (1819-27), the first U.S. military post west of the Missouri River. The fort’s location at the “Council Bluff” was recommended by Lewis and Clark in 1804. It was established to assert U.S. influence over the . . . — — Map (db m287989) HM
Built near this site in 1807 by Manuel Lisa, trader and Indian commissioner, through whose influence the Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe and Sioux tribes remained loyal to the United States during the War of 1812. — — Map (db m7892) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m33057) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58151) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58118) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58122) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58106) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58090) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58149) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58156) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58120) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58107) HM
This monument is dedicated to the men and women who served their country with great pride and honor and had the misfortune to be prisoners of war.
These members of the armed forces were subject to death marches, exposure to harsh elements, . . . — — Map (db m261895) WM
Florence was a small town with a big history. The Oto, Missouri, and Omaha Indians lived and hunted here. Frenchmen, Canadians and Spaniards traded along the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery made their first contact with Indians . . . — — Map (db m90529) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58154) HM
The Joslyns purchased the Sutphen farm in 1893 and began landscaping the five-acre site. Omaha architect John McDonald designed the mansion to resemble a Scottish manor. Named Lynhurst and known locally as "Joslyn Castle," the thirty-four-room house . . . — — Map (db m266224) HM
Land for Hanscom Park was donated in 1872 by Andrew J. Hanscom and James Megeath. Improvements including flower beds, lakes, cascades and fountains greatly changed the site’s rugged character. In time, the park was referred to as “one of . . . — — Map (db m57998) HM
Hanscom Park, Omaha’s oldest remaining park, was designed by landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland in 1889. Early improvements were described in the 1898 Park Commissioner’s Report: “Two lakes, a cascade, extensive flower beds, two and . . . — — Map (db m57979) HM
Before setting out on the Expedition. Lewis and Clark studied the maps and journals of French and Spanish traders and explorers. They also interviewed fur traders who had spent time in Indian villages along the river. The trappers told Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m287409) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m53108) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58157) HM
The search for a transcontinental railroad route began in 1853, but regional partisanship between North and South prevented Congress from acting. In 1862, after secession of the southern states, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad . . . — — Map (db m264782) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58234) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58345) HM
Bohemian patriot and journalist who sincerely labored for the elevation and liberty of his countrymen.
To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die. — — Map (db m83239) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58207) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58277) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58338) HM
Omaha's first municipal swimming pool, "The New Natatorium," originated in the basement of the westernmost of these three buildings; and vestiges of it can still be seen there. The ornamental work at the building's top announces that E. Homan . . . — — Map (db m35190) HM
At the top of this hill stand two of the largest locomotives ever built. The "Big Boy" steam locomotive and "Centennial" diesel locomotive were brought here to honor one of Union Pacific's greatest leaders, John Cooper Kenefick, who served as the . . . — — Map (db m264780) HM
Cheap Farms! Free Homes!! On the line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Great Trans-Continental Route from Omaha to the Pacific Ocean.
A Land Grant Direct from the Government of 12,000,000 . . . — — Map (db m264802) HM
To Those Who Served
Korean Conflict 1950-1953
Vietnam War 1961-1973
America's fighting men and women have bravely and well in this nation's armed conflicts. Never was their dedication more evident than in the struggles against . . . — — Map (db m270001) WM
In 1858 the Allegheny Synod of Pennsylvania sent Rev. Henry Kuhns as the first Lutheran missionary to Nebraska Territory. On December 5, Kuhns and fourteen charter members organized Emanuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omaha. In 1862 the . . . — — Map (db m265402) HM
This monument, titled Labor, is a salute to the dedication and hard work of all those who built the grand city of Omaha. It is a tribute to the men and women who worked for and continue to forge a better life for themselves, their families . . . — — Map (db m83300) HM
At the top of this hill stand two of the largest locomotives ever built. The "Big Boy" steam locomotive and "Centennial" diesel locomotive were brought here to honor one of Union Pacific's greatest leaders, John C. Kenefick. Kenefick served as the . . . — — Map (db m264779) HM
On their journey to the Pacific Ocean, the Expedition camped across the river from Dodge Park on July 28, 1804. George Drouillard, the principal hunter, retuned to camp that day with a Missouri Indian from a nearby Otoe camp, The next day, Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m287422) HM
At the camp established very near here Captain Clark wrote about the "butifull Breeze from the N W. this evening which would have been verry agreeable, had the Misquiters been tolerably Pacifick, but thy were rageing all night." Clark may have . . . — — Map (db m7886) HM
This three-mile brick segment of roadway was once the route of the Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln Highway Association was founded by private interests in 1913 to develop a paved, toll-free, transcontinental highway from New York City to San . . . — — Map (db m274411) HM
Florence was born after the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act opened lands west of the Missouri River to speculators and settlers. Built on the grounds of Winter Quarters, founder James C. Mitchell named the new town after his granddaughter, Florence . . . — — Map (db m90576) HM
Lynching in America
After the Civil War, an ideology of white supremacy persisted as many Americans still believed in racial hierarchy. Violent resistance to Black equality ushered in an era of racial terrorism where more than 6,500 Black . . . — — Map (db m264855) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m33050) HM
Honoring the bravery and heroism of those who went above and beyond their duty.
Iowa
Medal of Honor Recipients
World War I
Pike, Emory Jenison—Army
World War II
Beyer, Arthur O.—Army . . . — — Map (db m262054) WM
Forced to leave their homes along the Mississippi, the Mormons began arriving in the Missouri River Valley in June of 1846. By September, nearly 4,000 refugees had begun to settle in for the winter - laying out blocks and streets, building cabins . . . — — Map (db m90578) HM
Omaha's Memorial Park honors men and women who served in the US military. The 65-acre park was constructed to symbolize the community's gratitude to Douglas County veterans and those killed while fighting for freedom in World War II. The purpose of . . . — — Map (db m270009) HM
Located at the highest point in Memorial Park, the World War II Memorial Shrine recognizes the men and women of Douglas County, Nebraska, who lost their lives while serving in the war.
The shrine is a semi-circular colonnade of seven arches. . . . — — Map (db m270015) HM
Omaha capitalist Ezra Millard, a former mayor of Omaha and the man for whom a western suburb was named, erected the four-story Millard Block in 1880-81. The first tenants were Tootle, Maul & Co., wholesale dry goods; Reed, Jones & Co., boots and . . . — — Map (db m35273) HM
Because he was a slave, one member of the expedition had no a first name -- York.
Stories about York's role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition sometimes paint him as either larger-than-life or as unimportant to the venture's success. Some . . . — — Map (db m286312) HM
The 2011 Missouri River Flood was triggered by record snowfall in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming and near record spring rainfall in the upper Missouri River Basin. High water levels threatened communities of all sizes along the river . . . — — Map (db m83302) HM
On this day, three men attempted to reach safety by crossing floodwaters on a skiff through a break in a temporary berm. The current, which was flowing at volumes never seen since, pushed them into the main channel. Thaddeus Wren was rescued but . . . — — Map (db m261616) HM
This Bridge is on the Mormon Pioneer Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Rocky Mountains. Driven from their homes by mobs, many of the dispossessed Mormon people crossed the Mississippi River on the ice in February, 1846. From these refugees five . . . — — Map (db m90469) HM
This bridge is on the Mormon Pioneer Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Rocky Mountains. Driven from their homes by mobs, many of the dispossessed Mormon people crossed the Mississippi River on the ice in February, 1846. From these refugees . . . — — Map (db m261266) HM
The Mormon Pioneer Trail
Fleeing heated religious and political hostility and persecution, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (widely known as Mormons) abruptly fled their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois in February . . . — — Map (db m90577) HM
Architects Findley and Shields designed this five-story brick, built in 1892-93 for $40,000. Footwear wholesalers W.V. Morse & Co. and Charles A. Coe and Company combined to manufacture a thousand shoes daily here, with sales focused on the western . . . — — Map (db m35266) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m72048) HM
The Nebraska School for the Deaf was established by the legislature in 1867. It opened April 1, 1869, on Twenty-Second Street between St. Mary and Leavenworth, overseen by Principal William DeCoursey French, a deaf man, and Rev. Henry W. Kuhns. . . . — — Map (db m265477) HM
This garden is a living tribute to all of America's veterans and their families. In silence and respect, this is a place to remember why millions of Americans have fought and died for our liberty and our freedom. Here we renew our promise to . . . — — Map (db m261674) WM
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