Omaha’s History, Part 2
Aug. 23rd, 2016 – In 1898 the people of Nebraska and the citizens of 23 other states and territories wanted to show the world that the West wasn’t a hick backwater any more. They put together the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, covering 180 acres with over 4,000 displays. This is a model of […]
Omaha’s History
Aug. 23rd, 2016 – The next section of the museum dealt with the people of Nebraska, the pioneers, settlers, Indians and their history. A real stagecoach! The also had a featured traveling presentation about shipwrecks. I got a kick out of finding some of Mel Fisher’s treasure from the Atocha. I knew Mel when I […]
Read MoreOmaha’s Historic Train Collection
August 23rd, 2016 – Downstairs at the restored Union Station is a museum, split into several segments. First off are some historic railroad locomotives and cars. Larra in an Omaha streetcar very similar to the one her father drove in Vancouver. A WW2-era troop transport A Pullman bar and smoking car. Tom, the docent, […]
Read MoreOmaha’s Art Deco Train Station
August 23, 2016 – Jim: I’m a fan of railroads, railroad stations, and art deco. The railroad part dates back to my grandfather being a baggage handler for Railway Express Agency at Union Station, Detroit, Michigan, and from taking a number of cross-country railroad trips when I was a kid, back in the 50’s. My […]
Read MoreOmaha, Nebraska
Aug. 23, 2016 – As we drove North along the Missouri River through Iowa, I learned that Larra had never been to Nebraska. What better excuse to take a break than to cut across the river and see the sights in Omaha – if there are any? So we headed West at Council Bluffs, and […]
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