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History of the Omaha Casket Company

Omaha Casket Company factory, 1618-24 Izard Street, North Omaha, Nebraska
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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Directory of Historic North Omaha Church Buildings

This is a directory of historic North Omaha church buildings. Many are still churches; some are not.

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History of North Omaha’s American Legion Post #30

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 Cass Street School

Cass School, 1410 Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska
This was the Cass School in 1910. Located at 1410 Cass Street, it was in a residential neighborhood when it was built a decade earlier. By this time, the neighborhood was becoming industrial.

Located in the original Near North Side neighborhood, one grade school at North 14th and Cass Street served immigrants, African Americans, adults, and others. Today the school is largely forgotten.

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History of the North Freeway in Omaha

First conceptualized in 1954, it took almost 40 years for North Omaha’s highest high speed corridor to be completed. This is a history of the North Freeway.

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A History of Winter Quarters

Winter Quarters, Indian Country, 1846
This painting was commissioned for the Winter Quarters Temple in Florence in modern times to show what the town looked like in 1846.

In 1846, a town emerged on the western bank of the Missouri River. Although it only existed for a few years, there were a lot of elements that resembled a regular town, and its impact is still felt today. This is a history of Winter Quarters in the Indian Country. Terrorized by religious extremists in […]

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A History of the Omaha Fire Station #6

1942 at 24th and Cuming, North Omaha Nebraska
This is a 1942 image of the northwest corner of N. 24th and Cuming Street. Pictured are Thull Drug and the Omaha Fire Department Station #6 at 914-16 North 24th St. Today, the site of the Coryell gas station pictured here is home to a Sinclair gas station.

Omaha Fire Department station #6 was located at 914-16 North 24th Street. It was built in 1906 and demolished in the 1970s.