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History of the Omaha Casket Company

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date November 25, 2020
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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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A Timeline of the History of Saratoga

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date May 16, 2020
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In the 1910s, the Suburban Theatre was located on North 24th Street just south of Ames Avenue.

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.

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A History of the Plum Nelly Area in North Omaha

Post author By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Post date January 15, 2020
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The Plum Nelly area is a once secret neighborhood that’s become a lost neighborhood located in North Omaha.