This is a biography of North Omaha community leader Rodney S. Wead (b. 1935).
Category: poverty
This is a history of a short-lived neighborhood association with a long shadow over the history of the Near North Side neighborhood.
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A History of North Omaha’s Holy Family Catholic Church
For more than 50 years, Holy Family Catholic has been among the most activist Catholic parishes in Omaha. Before that it was an Italian parish, and before that, Irish. Here’s a history.
This is a history of charity burials of the unidentified and impoverished at Potter Field in North Omaha.
This is a history of the third public housing projects built in North Omaha called the Hilltop Homes.
In 1951, OHA announced development of the projects on both the east and west sides of North 30th Street extending from Burdette south to Parker Street. Completely demolished in 2010, today the ultra-modern, mixed income Highlander neighborhood sits on the 15 acres once here, along with the Charles Drew Health Center. This article is a […]
This is a history of East Omaha’s demolished Pershing School in the former District 61.
