Category: Benson

A History of the Omaha Crèche

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date March 29, 2020
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This is a picture of the new Omaha Crèche building at 3713 North 52nd Street in 1949.

This is a history of the Omaha Crèche, which was located on North 52nd and Pratt Streets for a half century.

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A History of Streetcars in Benson

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date March 4, 2017
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The Benson Historical Society shared this 1920 picture looking east on Maple Street from Military Avenue. Pic by Homer Frohardt. Image use courtesy The Durham Museum.

The Benson Motor Company operated on present-day Maple Street for more than two decades.

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A History of North Omaha’s Adams Park

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date September 20, 2015
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A 1930s aerial photo of the land that became Adams Park. The John A. Creighton Blvd snakes through it, and the Omaha Belt Line Railway wiggles along the side.

This is a history of Adams Park in North Omaha, Nebraska

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A History of Theatres and Movie Theaters in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date September 9, 2015
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Historic Movie Theaters of North Omaha from the upper left hand corner: North Star (Ames); Minne Lusa; Suburban; Corby; Diamond; Loyal; Ritz; Grand; Minne Lusa; Beacon; Suburban.

While it has absolutely no active movie theaters today, the North Omaha community has been home to at least 20 (!) movie theaters over the last century. This is a short history of those theaters. Its really incomplete, as information has been hard for me to find.

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A History of Streetcars in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date March 12, 2015
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This is an 1899 map of the streetcar routes in North Omaha. It includes the proposed Miller Park, Bemis Park and Fontenelle Park, the Trans-Mississippi Expo grounds, and routes in the suburbs of Benson and Dundee.

This is a history of streetcars in North Omaha, Nebraska.

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A History of Fontenelle Park in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date October 14, 2013
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A history of the Fontenelle Park in North Omaha, Nebraska by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Includes baseball, parks and recreation, fireworks and more!

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A History of Schools in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date September 22, 2013
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Schools in North Omaha, from upper left: Fort Street Special School; Long School classroom; Pershing School; Florence School; Lake School; Florence School bus; Saratoga School; Florence School classroom; Monmouth Park School; Long School; Lake School students; Miller Park School

If walls could talk, North Omaha’s schools would be much noisier, much more colorful, and much more complicated than anyone wants to hear. For more than 150 years, schools throughout the community have served students of all ages. With a deep history including segregation and school violence, its can be hard to remember all the positive people and events that emerged in the community’s schools. Following is my ever-growing history of the old schools in North Omaha.