Category: Expo grounds

• A Timeline of the History of Saratoga

  

  This is a timeline of the history of the Saratoga neighborhood in North Omaha, including the intersection of 24th and Ames. Included here are events, places and people central to the neighborhood’s existence as a pioneer town, leafy suburb, and a seemingly abandoned urban neighborhood.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 16, 2020

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Ames Avenue, architecture, Belt Line, Buildings, business, civic infrastructure, culture, economics, Expo grounds, historic preservation, History of Nebraska, houses, industry, Intersection, North 16th Street, North 24th Street, Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co., Organizations, Politics, Saratoga, wealthy, White flight

• A History of the Machinery and Electricity Building in North Omaha

  

  This is a history of the Manufactures Building at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 22, 2019

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 19th century, Architects, architecture, Buildings, Expo grounds, History of Nebraska, industry, Manufacturing

• A History of the Manufactures Building in North Omaha

  

  This is a history of the Manufactures Building at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 20, 2019

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 19th century, Architects, architecture, Buildings, Expo grounds, History of Nebraska, industry, Manufacturing

• A History of the Administration Arch in North Omaha

  

  This is a history of the Administrative Building, aka the Administration Arch, at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition held in North Omaha.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 1, 2019

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 19th century, architecture, Buildings, Demolished buildings, Expo grounds, Florence Boulevard, historic preservation, History of Nebraska, Kountze Place, Lost history

• A History of Sulphur Springs, Nebraska

  

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

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 28, 2019

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Belt Line Railway, Carter Lake, civic infrastructure, East Omaha, Expo grounds, geography, government, History of Nebraska, industry, Lost history, Missouri River, neighborhoods, North 16th Street, Pioneer era, poverty, Railroads, real estate, Saratoga

• A History of The Sherman Apartments

  

  This is a history of one of North Omaha’s most important historical landmarks, The Sherman apartments on North 16th Street.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  December 17, 2018

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, African Americans, Architects, architecture, Buildings, economics, Expo grounds, Historic houses, historic preservation, History of Nebraska, Lost history, Near North Side, North 16th Street, racism, wealthy

• A History of a Sod House in North Omaha

  

  This is the history of a sod house in North Omaha.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  September 6, 2017

  20th century, culture, Expo grounds, Food, Historic houses, Lost history, North 16th Street

• The Lost Monument by Michele Wyman

  

  The Omaha history mystery of the lost monument is unravelled by guest author Michele Wyman.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 30, 2017

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 20th century, 21st century, civic infrastructure, Expo grounds, Guest author, history, Lost history, Miller Park, parks, water

• A History of North Omaha’s Kountze Park, Once Called Malcolm X Park

  

  Malcolm X Memorial Park sits in the heart of North Omaha’s Kountze Place. Discover why you don’t hear about it anymore.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 1, 2017

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, African Americans, civic infrastructure, culture, economics, Expo grounds, government, historic preservation, History of Nebraska, Kountze Place, Lost history, parks, Politics, society, White flight

• A History of the 1899 Greater America Exposition in North Omaha

  

  This is a history of the 1899 Greater America Exposition in North Omaha.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 9, 2015

  20th century, 21st century, culture, economics, Expo grounds, History of Nebraska, industry, Kountze Place, North 24th Street, parks, Politics, society

• A History of the Location of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition

  By now, many North Omahans are familiar with the grand, wonderful, exuberant and spectacular event know as the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898. However, not many people know that the “event of the century” almost didn’t happen in banker Augustus Kountze’s land centered on 24th and Evans. In planning for at least three years before it […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  March 7, 2015

  1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 19th century, East Omaha, Expo grounds, Kountze Place, Miller Park, Minne Lusa, Omaha