Category: Carter Lake

A Biography of Amos P. Scruggs

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date September 9, 2020
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Amos Potter Scruggs (1875-1946) was a popular African American attorney and government official in Omaha from 1908 to 1934.

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A History of the Carter White Lead Company Factory in East Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 20, 2020
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For 40 years, one plant poisoned North Omaha with heinous disregard. This is a history of the Carter White Lead Company factory in East Omaha.

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A History of the Nite Hawkes Cafe in East Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 9, 2020
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This is a history of the Nite Hawkes Cafe, located at North 16th and Grand Avenue since 1942!

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A History of Sulphur Springs, Nebraska

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 28, 2019
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This is an 1857 Nebraska Territory map showing Saratoga between Omaha City and Florence, along with Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Papillion City [sic] and Hazelton.

Sulphur Springs was a settlement in the Nebraska Territory from 1854 to 1877. This article shares some of its history.

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A History of Sand Point Beach and Lakeview Amusement Park

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date May 8, 2018
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Lakeview Amusement Park was open in East Omaha, Iowa from 1917 to 1933.

A lost amusement park haunts nobody’s memories, and some even deny it ever existed. This is Lakeview Amusement Park and the Sand Point Beach.

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A Biography of Selina Carter Cornish by Jody Lovallo

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date May 3, 2018
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This is Mrs. Selena Coe Bliss Carter Cornish Selina Carter Cornish, the widow of Levi Carter and wife of Ed Cornish. She was born in 1850 in Manhattan, NYC, New York, and died in 1938 in Omaha.

This is a biography of Selina Carter Cornish by Jody Lovallo.

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A History of the Carter Lake Club

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date May 2, 2018
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This is a montage of pics from the Carter Lake Club in 1920. Courtesy of Ronald Potter.

Summer fun turned into a permanent development in the city of Carter Lake.