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Brothers Nathan Phillips and Grenville Mellen Dodge started the Dodge Company in 1855. While working as a land surveyor for the railroads in the Missouri River Valley, Grenville wrote to his younger brother Nathan Phillips (1837–1911) and told him to "forget high school" and come join him. N.P. worked his way out on a surveying crew in 1853 and together the brothers started a small land ...
Augustus Kountze (November 19, 1826–April 30, 1892) was an American businessman based in Omaha, Nebraska, Kountze, Texas and New York City.He founded a late 19th-century national banking dynasty along with his brothers Charles, Herman and Luther.
The establishment of the Omaha Stock Yards and the platting of South Omaha made the land where the poor farm was located desirable for developers. A boom in real estate in the vicinity led commissioners to the idea of platting the east fifty acres of the poor farm and selling the lots to raise the necessary funds for the new county hospital.
In the late 19th century, Omaha real estate agent Byron Reed gradually put together a stunning collection of coins, documents, books, maps, and other items of great historical importance. Upon his death in 1891, Reed gave his collection to the city of Omaha and it is now housed at The Durham Museum.
No longer functioning in Omaha. [7] New York Life Insurance Company: 1845 Omaha Country Club: 1899 Omaha Public Power District: 1946 Omaha World-Herald: 1885 Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889. Peter Kiewit Sons: 1884 Packaging Corporation of America: 1959
(1910) Lizzie Robinson House, 2864 Corby St., North Omaha; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 and designated an Omaha Landmark in 1992 (1902) Porter/Thomsen Residence, 3426 Lincoln Boulevard, North Omaha; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and designated an Omaha Landmark in 1981
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In December 2010, Joslyn Castle was sold by the State of Nebraska to the Joslyn Castle Trust, a private concern created for the purpose of maintaining the historic property. [ 9 ] Today, the Castle is the namesake of the surrounding Joslyn Castle neighborhood, [ 10 ] and is a site in the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum .