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Omaha

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Oct 3, 2022
  • 1 min read

Omaha, Nebraska, was founded on the Missouri River in 1854, and is named for a Native American tribe. The city grew because of the Transcontinental Railroad, which ended across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa.



Image: “Omaha, Nebraska” by the War Department, Army Air Forces (c. 1936). From the National Archives and Records Administration.

 
 
 

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