Omaha
Details
- Names
Omaha
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- On W bank of Missouri river; site of trading post established by Manuel Lisa 1812; site of Utah-bound Mormon camp 1846-1847; suffered in great blizzard of 1888; declined after panic of 1893, but economy has improved greatly since 1914.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Dave Darraugh (American, born 1952)
William H. Givler (American, 1908-2000)
- Active
Emory Studio, Omaha, Nebraska (American, active early 20th century)
Heyn Studio, Omaha, Nebraska (American, active late 19th century)
Jun Kaneko (American, born Japan, born 1942)
Sandberg & Allen Studio, Omaha, Nebraska (American, active early 20th century)
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