Early Omaha: Gateway to the West

Buildings

Business

American Smelting & Refining Co. | Brandeis Building | Carpenter Paper and Byrne & Hammer Dry Goods | City National Bank | M. A. Disbrow & Company | First National Bank | Hayward Brothers Shoe Company | Indian Wigwam | Krug Brewery | Livestock National Bank | Metz Brothers Brewery | New York Life Building | Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co. | Omaha National Bank | Omaha Printing Co. | Pioneer Block | M. E. Smith & Company | Storz Brewery | Union Pacific Headquarters | Union Stockyards | United States National Bank | Wright & Wilhelmy Company | 1st Woodmen of the World Building | Yetter Wall Paper Company

Churches

Central United Presbyterian | First Baptist | First Congregational | First Methodist Episcopal | First Presbyterian | Kountze Memorial | St. Agnes' | St. John's | St. Mary Magdalene's | St. Paul's | St. Peter's | St. Philip, the Deacon | Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel | Swedish Mission | Trinity Cathedral | Unity

Government

Territorial Capitol | Douglas County Courthouse | Fort Omaha | Omaha Public Library | Post Office

Homes

Edward A. Cudahy | Thomas Kimball | Herman Kountze | Frank Murphy | Alvin Saunders | Settlement House | Tenement Houses | Eleazer Wakeley | James Woolworth | Henry W. Yates

Hotels

Herndon House | Grand Central Hotel | Millard Hotel

Schools

Omaha's First School | Academy of the Sacred Heart | Brownell Hall | Central Grade School | Creighton College of Medicine | Farnam School | Omaha High | Pacific School | Webster School

Theaters

Academy of Music | Boyd's Opera House | Redick's Opera House

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Floods

April 1881

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Tornadoes

March 23, 1913

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Parks

Elmwood Park | Hanscom Park | Riverview Park

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Streets

16th

1896 | 1909 | 1920s

Capitol

1867 | 1908

Douglas

1860s | 1872 | 1890s

Farnam

1866 | 1872 | After 1900