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Millard was laid out in 1870 by Ezra Millard, and named for him. [1] A post office was established in Millard in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1967. [2] The town was incorporated in 1885. [1] After lengthy legal fights, the town of Millard was annexed by the city of Omaha in 1971. [3]
The Millard Public Schools is a school district in the southwest part of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.The first school in Millard was established in the fall of 1870. The school district is named for Ezra Millard (1833-1886), who platted Millard, a mostly uninhabited prairie 12 miles southwest of the city.
1867 Nebraska is admitted into the Union as a state. 1868 Nebraska's first high school graduates come from Brownell Hall in North Omaha. 1868 The Sherman Barracks are built in the location of present-day North Omaha. 1869 The old territorial capitol building given to the City of Omaha for a high school.
Joseph Hopkins Millard (April 20, 1836 – January 13, 1922) was a British North American-born American businessman and politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States Senate and as mayor of Omaha , and was an anti-suffrage activist.
Ezra Millard (1833-1886) June 7, 1869 April 10, 1871 Democratic: 13 Smith Samuel Caldwell (1834-1884) April 10, 1871 April 9, 1872 Republican: 14 Joseph Hopkins Millard (1836-1922) April 9, 1872 April 7, 1873 Republican: 15 William M. Brewer (?-1921) April 7, 1873 February 3, 1874 (resigned) Democratic [8] 16 James S. Gibson (1835-1906) (acting ...
The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian Country , William D. Brown was operating the Lone Tree Ferry to bring settlers from Council Bluffs to Omaha.
Millard South High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The school was established in 1970 as Millard High School. It is one of four high schools within the Millard Public School District. Millard South is a member of the Nebraska School Activities Association. Athletic teams are known as ...
Ezra Millard (February 2, 1833 – August 20, 1886) was a U.S. politician who was mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1869 to 1871. [1] He was also brother to Joseph Hopkins Millard, another mayor of Omaha, and namesake of Millard, Nebraska. Millard died in Saratoga Springs, New York of heart complications in 1886.