This is a history of North Omaha’s Ponca Road, providing an important lifeline in the Ponca Hills for more than a century!
Category Archives: streets
A History of North Omaha’s Lake School
Lake School was a fixture in the neighborhood for a century. This is its history…
A History of the Omaha Market House
This is a history of a controversial, then popular, then forgotten idea in Omaha called the Market House.
A History of Irvington
The history of the village of Irvington, near North Omaha, Nebraska, starts in 1857 and extends to today.
A History of 2936 North 24th Street
This is a history of a former commercial building and social service office in North Omaha.
A History of the Intersection at North 40th and Hamilton Streets
The intersection of 40th and Hamilton has a rich legacy affecting several neighborhoods…
A History of the 24th and Fort Intersection in North Omaha
This is a history of the buildings at North 24th and Fort Streets in the Miller Park neighborhood.
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
Dynamic Past, Hope-filled Future: North Omaha History, Volume Three Now On Sale!
(Olympia, WA: December 1, 2016) The final book of Adam Fletcher Sasse’s series, North Omaha History: Volume Three, is now available from CommonAction Publishing. In the third book of the North Omaha History Series, Adam Fletcher Sasse reveals a lot of the hidden, denied and neglected history of one of the oldest areas of Nebraska’s largest city. Highlighting the […]
A History of North 20th and Lake Streets in North Omaha
Street signs at 20th and Lake in North Omaha, Nebraska. There are unsung intersections throughout North Omaha. These are places the past treated as important and meaningful, packed with businesses and enterprise, possibilities and the future. Unfortunately, almost every one of them met it’s demise when white flight kicked in and the community ran into […]
A History of 16th and Locust Historic District in North Omaha
The N. 16th and Locust Street intersection was a beehive of commercial activity for more than a century. The Locust overpass of the MoPac Railroad was a key. Learn more.
A Biography of North Omaha’s George B. Lake
There is a street that starts in North Omaha and shoots west, with a man so respected by Omahans that more than a century later they named another street after him. North Omaha has been filled with interesting people since the city was founded, and even before that. One of them was Judge George Baker Lake.
A History of North Omaha’s Binney Street
The historic Wirt Street in North Omaha is packed with houses, churches and more from 125 years ago in Nebraska history.
A History of the River Drive in Omaha
An Art Deco tree taken from the 1919 report where the majority of this article was drawn from. Imagine a smooth, easy drive on a Saturday afternoon in the fall all of it weaving along nineteen miles of the city’s waterfront. There are long, calm curves and tall, stately oaks lining the boulevard, with walkers […]
A History of the Miller Park Neighborhood in North Omaha
The place where I grew up, Omaha’s Miller Park neighborhood, rushes through my imagination a lot. I want to see it acknowledged, appreciated and accentuated every day. This article is my acknowledgment of the past and contribution to the future.
A History of the Florence Boulevard in North Omaha
Florence Boulevard in North Omaha has a historic treasure trove packed with homes, businesses, churches and more.
A History of 16th Street in North Omaha
Long before becoming a decrepit pipeline for the neglect of old North Omaha, North 16th Street had a history almost as long as the city itself.
A History of the Saratoga Neighborhood in North Omaha
Saratoga was originally a large township on the Missouri River. What happened to it?
