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There were several kiddie rides, pony carts, a ferris wheel, a boat ride, a miniature train, and a ride called a doodle bug. [10] [11] The amusement park was closed in 1959. [12] The next owner built a marina and added a few rides. [13] More recently, the Levi Carter Park was the home of radio station Z-92's now defunct annual Z-bash from 1997 ...
Krug Park (currently known as Gallagher Park) was an amusement park located at 2936 North 52nd Street in the Benson neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States at the turn of the 20th century. [1] In 1930, Krug Park was the site of the deadliest roller coaster accident in the nation's history.
Tibet House US (THUS) is a Tibetan cultural preservation and education 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1987 in New York City by a group of Westerners after the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, expressed his wish to establish a cultural institution to build awareness of Tibetan culture.
Robert Garnell Kaufman (April 18, 1925 – January 12, 1986) was an American Beat poet and surrealist as well as a jazz performance artist and satirist. [1] In France, where his poetry had a large following, he was known as the Black American Rimbaud.
A postcard showing Royal Terrace in Peony Park, Omaha, Nebraska. Peony Park was an amusement park located at North 78th and Cass Streets in Omaha, Nebraska.Founded in 1919, over the next seventy-five years the 35-acre (140,000 m 2) park included a 4.5-acre (18,000 m 2) pool, beach and waterslide, a ballroom that billed itself as "1 acre under one roof," an open-air dance area for 3000 dancers ...
In 1854 Alfred D. Jones drew four parks on the original map of Omaha City. They were called Jefferson Square, which was paved over by I-480; Washington Park, which is where the Paxton Block currently sits at North 16th and Farnam Streets; Capitol Square, where Omaha Central High School is now located, and; an unnamed tract overlooking the river with Davenport Street on the north, Jackson ...
Freedom Park Navy Museum; The General Crook House Museum at Fort Omaha, exploring the role of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars of the 1900s, is part of the Douglas County Historical Society. [9] Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens; Joslyn Castle; Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters and Visitor Center
Omaha Rapid Bus Transit (ORBT) is a bus rapid transit service in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is operated by Metro Transit and serves 8.2 miles (13.2 km) of Dodge Street between Omaha's Old Market entertainment district and the transit center at Westroads Mall . [ 1 ]