The Missouri River Flood of 1881
Missouri River flooding at Omaha in 1881, NSHS RG2341-898 (right).
Snowfall in the winter of 1880-81 was unusually heavy, not only in Nebraska but in the states to ...
Omaha
What We Found
Buddy the Dog, Heir to the Estate
Mary Ellen Voorhees of Omaha didn’t leave her dog everything in her will, but she did provide a $1,000 legacy to ensure his continued care (about $17,000 in ...
Did Ed Creighton loan $100,000 to Brigham Young?
Having $100,000 in 1874 was the same as being a multimillionaire today. Few people ever amassed so much money, and fewer still were rich enough to make a loan of that ...
“Women, High Living, and Diamonds” for Omaha’s Bartenders
Omaha in 1886 boasted about 150 saloons manned by a host of bartenders who ministered to the city’s thirst for beer and hard liquor. The Omaha Bee on September 26, 1886, ...
“Sane Thanksgiving” Advised by Omaha Mayor
More than a month before the official Thanksgiving holiday in 1909, the Omaha Daily News on October 24 published the plea of mayor James C. Dahlman for what he called a ...
Afflicted with Joyrider’s Back
The first decade of the twentieth century saw growing use and acceptance of the automobile among the traveling public. The new machine rapidly replaced carriages, ...
School Lunches Once Provided by WCTU
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was early associated with providing food to the public, sometimes as a charitable project, sometimes to finance other ...
A New Calendar for the New Year
This 1914 calendar from McCool Junction in York County included a Christmas greeting. RG2856-6-3
It seems appropriate to start the New Year by putting up new ...
George H. Payne and the American Valley of the Nile
George H. Payne
When Omaha businessman George H. Payne (1864-1937) formed the Payne Investment Company in the early 1910s, he launched what would become one of the ...
The Birth of the South Omaha Stockyards
In one decade, the South Omaha stockyards went from a single farm to a major meat center. The 1880s were a time of explosive growth for South Omaha, yet surprisingly few ...
No Irish Babies Born in Nebraska in 1912
When the Nebraska State Board of Health released statistics in December 1912 on various aspects of life in this state, it probably didn’t expect to provoke any ...
Cigarettes in the Boudoir: Omaha’s Female Smokers in 1889
Nathaniel Currier’s 1847 lithograph depicted a reclining woman smoking a cigarette. NSHS 10645-4273
“From London comes the assurance that the duchess of Marlborough ...
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