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Biography of Dr. George L. Miller

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 30, 2020
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This is a tintype of Dr. George L. Miller, the namesake of Miller Park, the neighborhood, and the school.

One of Omaha’s most important pioneers is remembered extensively in North Omaha.

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History of the Tip Top Products Company

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 27, 2020
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Millions of bobby pins, pink hair curlers, and other products came flying out of the Tip Top Products Company factories in Omaha. This is a history of the company.

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History of the Omaha Casket Company

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 25, 2020
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This was the original Omaha Casket Company factory at 1618-24 Izard Street. Built in 1892, it was demolished by a tornado in 1905.

A tornado and a fire couldn’t stop the Omaha Casket Company, which made boxes for the dead in North Omaha from 1892 to 1939.

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History of North Omaha’s American Legion Post #30

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 8, 2020
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Charity, socializing, and fraternity drove the American Legion Theodore Roosevelt Post #30 in North Omaha. Discover what happened to them.

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History of the 24th Street Dairy Queen

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 8, 2020
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From 1951 to 1963, the 24th Street Dairy Queen was serve the Black community in the Near North Side. This is a history of the business.

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Biography of Dr. Craig Morris

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 7, 2020
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This June 15, 1945 pic from the Omaha Star shows the doctors who bought the land where Provident Hospital was to be built. They included Dr. Craig Morris, Mrs. Gooden, Dr. Wiggins, Atty. Charles Davis, Mr. Hiram D. Dee, Mr. C. C. Galloway, Dr. Gooden and Dr. Milton Johnson.

One African American dentist in Omaha was a civil rights advocate, economic justice activist, and medical leader in the community. Then he simply left North Omaha. This is a biography of his life in the community.

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A Biography of Levi Carter

This is Levi Carter, born in 1830 in New Hampton, New Hampshire and died in 1903 in Omaha. The founder of the Carter White Lead Company, he is the namesake of the City of Carter Lake, Iowa, and the Levi Carter Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

A wealthy industrialist worked hard, then died. His wife gave the City of Omaha a lot of money to commemorate his life, and today the name is all over East Omaha. This is a biography of Levi Carter.