Category: Military

• Biography of Anderson Bell

  

  This is a story of Pvt. Anderson Bell (1838-1903) of North Omaha, a Black soldier in the Civil War.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 11, 2021

  19th century, 20th century, biography, Black people, Forest Lawn burial, Military

• History of Omaha’s North Downtown

  

  This is a history of Omaha’s North Downtown neighborhood.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  July 31, 2018

  18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, architecture, business, civic infrastructure, Cuming Street, Demolished buildings, economics, ethnic groups, Food, History of Nebraska, industry, Lost history, Military, Missouri River, Near North Side, neighborhoods, North 16th Street, Omaha Claim Club, Pioneer era, Politics, Railroads, real estate, Segregation, society, transportation

• A History of North Omaha’s J.J. Pershing Drive and Monument

  

  On Veterans Day, 1941, there was a giant parade for the dedication of a new monument to honor the life of John J. Pershing, General of the Armies during World War I. The City of Omaha named a new roadway leading from Abbott Drive to River Drive after him, as well. This is the story

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  December 8, 2016

  21st century, civic infrastructure, culture, history, Military, society, streets

• A History of the North Omaha Radar Station

  

  During the 1940s and 1950s, Omaha was the location of several Cold War initiatives outwardly intended to keep the country safe from nuclear war, but ulteriorly designed to frighten and captivate a passive populace. With sparse housing around it but proximity to a major metropolitan area, a location at North 72nd and Highway 36 in […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 7, 2016

  20th century, architecture, civic infrastructure, government, History of Nebraska, Military, North 72nd Street