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Taking down a streetcar arch at Broad and Wall streets, 1915. Arches were first used on streets in Columbus in 1888. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a national veterans organization, held its 22nd annual convention in the city that year, bringing about 250,000 people to the city that had held a population of about 90,000.
Columbus is the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska, situated at the confluence of the Loup and Platte rivers roughly 85 miles (137 km) west-northwest of Omaha and 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Lincoln by road, near the county's southern edge. With an estimated population of 24,464 as of 2024, it is the 10th-most populous city in Nebraska.
Clear Creek/Platte River Bridge: Butler County: Columbus Loup River Bridge: Platte County: Deering Bridge: Clay County: Dewitt Mill Bridge: Gage County: Dodge Street Overpass: Douglas County: Elkhorn River Bridge: Antelope County: Franklin Bridge: Franklin County: Gross State Aid Bridge: Knox County: Hoyt Street Bridge: Gage County: Kilgore ...
The Omaha-Council Bluffs streetcar era began operations in 1868. By 1890, the metropolitan area had 90 miles (140 km) of tracks — more than any city except Boston. The Omaha Traction Company was the dominant private streetcar provider of the time; it was engulfed in repeated labor disputes.
While the Union Pacific Missouri River Bridge was the first railroad bridge across the river, the 1,400-foot (430 m) Douglas Street Bridge opened in 1888 as the first road bridge. The East Omaha Bridge was originally opened in 1893, and rebuilt a decade later in 1903.
Why Columbus is Ohio's way bigger 'C' City leaders take much pride in promoting Columbus as the largest city in Ohio and the 14th largest in the United States with a population exceeding 900,000 ...
This article covers Omaha landmarks designated by the City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. In addition, it includes structures or buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and those few designated as National Historic Landmarks , indicating their varying level of importance to the city, state and nation.
17. His remains are scattered. Historians believe Columbus’s remains are scattered between the old and new worlds because he was transported across the ocean so many times.