Millard Hotel Fire
The Mid-West Hotel Reporter (Omaha), of February 10, 1933, included a report, written shortly after the event, of the burning of Omaha's historic Millard Hotel. "With ...
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What We Found
Nebraska City Fire, 1860
What was probably the most disastrous fire in Nebraska during territorial days occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, May 12, 1860, in Nebraska City. At about two ...
Burning of State Asylum
The burning of the Nebraska Asylum for the Insane on April 17, 1871, destroyed the locus of a fledgling state institution and had ramifications well beyond the ...
Census of 1890
Census statistics for the year 2000 offered an updated view of the population of Nebraska and its economic and social characteristics. Nebraska has been included in all ...
1933 Millard Hotel Fire
Today's moment of Nebraska history takes us to a devastating fire that destroyed Omaha's Millard Hotel on the night of February 8, 1933. Seven firemen lost their lives ...
The Nebraska City Fire of 1860
When Nebraska City caught fire in 1860, it had no firefighting equipment and a shortage of water. It was one of the most disastrous fires in Nebraska's ...
A Winter Fire in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska
Early on January 4, 1940, a fire broke out in the Henshaw Hotel. The hotel, located at 1511 Farnam Street in Omaha, Nebraska, was one of many hotels in the downtown ...
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