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Hall of Great Westerners
American Protective Association established headquarters in Omaha in 1887.^[1]
Nebraska History resources

General to-do's

I also want to add to articles about Caribou Mountains (Alberta) and Caroline, Alberta

North Omaha to-do's

To-do's in Omaha

Wishlist

What I am really looking for is information on the tunnels in the hillside along Florence Blvd. You know those woods? There's old tunnels up in those cliffs, which I heard were either for freed slaves back, back in the day, or moonshining in the 1920s. Either way, I can't find anything online!

Nebraska Info dump

Hobo City

"One problem area was Hobo Park. It was a square block where the hobos used to drink wine and lay around. There was a lady, connected with the Omaha World- Herald newspaper, who didn't want us to take Hobo Park and she had quite a bit of clout in Omaha. We proposed a relocation that was close to the World-Herald building and through a section of Omaha that the World-Herald had planned-on for future expansion. She then withdrew her objection and we went over Hobo Park." (Stephen R. Gilbert, 1985 Interview)^[2]

Czechs in Omaha

Rives, H. (n.d.) We Possessed Together the Communicable Past: Articulating the Connections among Cather, Omaha, Rural Nebraska, and my Family History Cather Archive - UNL.
Italian sisters of Poor Clare (POOR LADIES, SISTERS OF ST. CLARE) found a permanent home in Omaha, thanks to the munificence of Mr. John Creighton. On 14 July, 1882, the canonical enclosure was established in the new monastery. From the monastery of St. Clare in Omaha have sprung directly, or indirectly, the foundations of the order at New Orleans; Evansville, Ind.; Boston; and Bordentown, N. J. See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12251b.htm ^[3]
IrishOmaha.com
Czechs in Professional, Artistic, Banking and Other Careers
Category:American communists - Note this and add info from List of Communists in Omaha, Nebraska to this.

Nuggets

See this webpage for source on the following bullets.

A Jewish synagogue was once located at 30th and Cuming.
There was a Jewish funeral chapel at 19th and Cuming Streets.
There was a synagogue at 12th and Capitol.
Years ago businesses in the 24th & Lake area were owned and operated by Ukrainian Jews.
Some houses in the area around the Great Plains Black History Museum, and on up further north and east along Ames to Commercial Avenue and 16th Street, have hip-roofed, four-square and grambel types. These were indicative of the German, English, and Scandinavian immigrants who lived in that area.

Ethnicity in Omaha

Ethnicities in Omaha have been diverse since the founding of the city of Omaha in 1854, and people from different immigrant groups have contributed to the growth of the city in a variety of ways. In 1910, 57.4% of all Omahans were immigrants.^[4]

Studies about the ethnic makeup of Omaha have suggested that ghettoization of immigrants did not occur to the extent previously assumed.^[5]

African Americans in Nebraska

African-Americans in Nebraska after the Civil War Following the Civil War, African-Americans began to establish themselves in Nebraska. In 1860, there were an estimated 82 African-Americans living in the state. By 1900 that number had risen to 6,269. Most African-Americans moved to Omaha, where chances were greater of finding work. Most opportunities for employment were found with the railroads, packing houses or other labor fields. The 1910 census, however, states that one physician and surgeon, 25 musicians and teachers of music and 14 clergymen of African-American descent lived in Nebraska.

History books indicate that African-Americans contributed to the settlement of Nebraska. In 1870, Robert Anderson was the first African-American to homestead in Box Butte County. Other homesteaders included L.B. Mattingly who resided near David City, and David Patrick, who lived in Hamilton County.

African-American organizations began to crop up in Omaha such as the Women's Club in 1895 and newspapers such as the Progress, the Afro-American Sentinel, and The Enterprise in the 1880s and 1890s. Early African-American churches in Omaha included St. John AME Church, St. Phillip the Deacon, and the Zion Baptist Church.

Many African-Americans from this area distinquished themselves in public life: Dr. Matthew O. Ricketts was the first African- American to serve in the Nebraska Legislature in 1892; Silas Robbins was the first African-American to be admitted to the Nebraska State Bar Association in 1895; and Clarence W. Wigington was the first African-American to design a home in Nebraska.^[6]

Norwegians

Norwegian immigrants assimilated quickly into the fabric of Omaha. After initially settling in far North Omaha near Florence, many Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish immigrants scattered throughout the city.^[7]

Norwegian immigrants assimilated quickly into the fabric of Omaha. After initially settling in far North Omaha near Florence, many Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish immigrants scattered throughout the city.^[8]

Danes

Den Danske Pioneer
Springwell Danish Cemetery
That park in far north omaha

Legacy

In the 2000 U.S. Census the five largest ancestry groups reported in Omaha were German (38.6%), Irish (12.4%), English (9.6%), Swedish (4.9%), and Czech (4.9%).

New Mexico info dump

Catron ghost towns
NM ghost towns
Cemeteries in Catron
[http://www.nmhistoricpreservation.org/documents/22.DOCUMENT.pdf New Mexico cultural properties in Catron County

Nat Towles Band

Nat Towles' band was one of four big bands out of Omaha.^[9]

Communists in Omaha

This is a list of Communists in Omaha, Nebraska.

Harry Haywood, African American Communist leader (1898-1985)
Tillie Olsen, Jewish first-generation feminist author (1912–2007)
Juliet Poyntz, Communist party organizer (1886-1937?)
Lawrence Robert Klein, economist (1920- ) alleged, former
Malcolm X, civil rights leader (1925-1965) alleged

Alberta landmarks

Áísínai'pi — Contains the largest concentration of rock art images on the Great Plains

Athabasca Pass — Major fur trade transportation route (in Jasper National Park)

Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine — Exceptionally well-preserved coal mine plant

Banff Park Museum — Early natural history museum in Rustic style, 1902-03 (in Banff National Park)

Banff Springs Hotel — Famous railway resort hotel in Château style, 1912 (in Banff National Park)

Bar U Ranch — Historic ranch in Alberta foothills, 1883

Beaulieu — Sandstone mansion of Sir James A. Lougheed, 1891
Blackfoot Crossing — Traditional meeting place on Blackfoot reserve
British Block Cairn — One of the best examples of a large boulder cairn
Brooks Aqueduct — Landmark irrigation project built by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1912-14 (see Brooks, Alberta)
Calgary City Hall — Imposing civic building in Romanesque Revival style, 1907-1911

Cave and Basin — Hot springs, birthplace of national parks (in Banff National Park)

Coleman — Coal mining landscape illustrating important aspects of mining culture
Earthlodge Village — Remains of aboriginal village

First Oil Well in Western Canada — First commercially productive oil well in Western Canada (in Waterton Lakes National Park)

Fort Assiniboine — Site of 1823 Hudson's Bay Company post
Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton — Site of rival trading posts, 1795-1801; Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Calgary — Site of 1875 North West Mounted Police post
Fort Chipewyan — Site of major trading posts, 1800-present; Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Dunvegan — Site of 1805 North West Company post
Fort Edmonton III — Site of 1831 Hudson's Bay Company post
Fort Fork — Starting point of Alexander MacKenzie's route to Pacific, 1793
Fort Macleod — Site of North West Mounted Police headquarters, 1876-78
Fort Vermilion — Site of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company posts
Fort Whoop-Up — Whiskey post, led to formation of North West Mounted Police

Frog Lake — Site of Cree uprising, 1885

Galt Irrigation Canal — First major irrigation project in Canada, 1898-00
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump — Aboriginal bison drive; UNESCO World Heritage Site
Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology — Early technical college in Collegiate Gothic Revival, 1921-1922

Howse Pass — First crossed by David Thompson in 1807 (in Banff National Park)

Jasper House — Archaeological remains of 1829 fur trade post (in Jasper National Park)

Jasper Park Information Centre — Picturesque fieldstone park building of Rustic design, 1913-14 (in Jasper National Park)

Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage — First Roman Catholic mission to be established by the renowned priest, Albert Lacombe
Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield — Most important oil field in history of Alberta
Medalta Potteries — Early 20th-century beehive kilns and manufacturing buildings
Medicine Hat Clay Industries — Cultural landscape associated with the growth and diversification of the pottery industry
Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall — Outstanding, large-scale, World War I urban armoury, 1917-18
Nordegg — Coal mining landscape including numerous extant mining resources
Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission — Important Roman Catholic mission, established in 1853 by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (see Lac La Biche, Alberta)
Old Women's Buffalo Jump — Aboriginal bison drive in use for 1500 years
Palace Theatre — Designed by internationally renowned theatre architect C. Howard Crane
Prince of Wales Hotel — Symbol of mountain tourism, chalet style hotel, 1926-27 (in Waterton Lakes National Park)

Rocky Mountain House — Rival Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company posts

Rundle's Mission — Site of Methodist mission, agriculture and education

Skoki Ski Lodge — Ski lodge in rustic vernacular, 1930-31 (in Banff National Park)

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church — Fine example of Gothic Revival design, 1912-14
Stephen Avenue — Buildings along section of street illustrating prairie urban development
Stirling Agricultural Village — Distinctive Mormon pioneer dryland irrigation farming settlement pattern
Suffield Tipi Rings — Important example of Niitsitapi cultural heritage on the western Canadian plains

Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station — Remains of high altitude geophysical laboratory (in Banff National Park)

Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — Monumental modern temple in historic Mormon centre, 1913-1923 (Cardston, Alberta)
Territorial Court House — Oldest court house in Alberta, completed in 1904
Treaty Nº 7 Signing Site — Treaty signed in 1877 with Blackfoot nation (see Treaty 7)
Turner Valley Gas Plant — Early gas plant, central to the history of petroleum extraction technology (see Turner Valley, Alberta)
Turner Valley Oilfield — First major oil field in Alberta, 1914-47
Victoria Settlement — Cultural landscape illustrating major themes in Prairie settlement
Wetaskiwin Court House — Classic symbol of justice in the developing West, 1907-1909 (Wetaskiwin, Alberta)

Yellowhead Pass — Transportation route through Rocky Mountains (in Jasper National Park)

Gangs of North Omaha

Contributed by IP on the North Omaha page; kept here for posterity and possible future research purposes... 24th Camden crips killer park[Camden & duce 9]

45th & Jaynes (Jaynes Fo Five Gang...Redman Projects ) Bloods & Crips
35th & 36th Jaynes (Jaynes Tre Five & Tre Six) Bloods
40th & Bedford Avenue (40th Ave Crip)
Lothrop Block (Bloods)
37th & Grand Hoova Set 102 (DVC)
44th Ave & Emmet (Avenue Mafia Gang)
34th-46th Curtis St. (Curtis Block) Crips & Bloods
33rd Project Crips (Hilltop Projects - Pleasent View Projects)
Spencer Projects
Tommy Rose Projects
Victor Block(16th & Victor) Bloods
Flatland (14th-24th & Spencer to 14th-24th & Pinkney) Bloods
South Famlee ( Southside Terrace Projects) Bloods
20s (Miller Park Gang/Slums) Bloods & Crips
20th-24th & Maple (Duce 4 Mafia) Bloods & Crips
29th & Ellison Street (Duce 9) Bloods & Crips
Bottom Boyz (clique made up of Victor Blk,Flatland,Lothrop Blk,Duece 9 & Duece 4)Bloods & FEW Crips Set
47th & Crownpoint (CPT) Crown Point Thugs
39th Street (Tre Nine Gangstas) Crips
38th Hillside (38th & Grant) Bloods
18th-24th (Sahler Block Gang) Crips
Murdertown 18th-19th and Laird Crips
48th (Sahler Block Gang) Crips
Indian Nation Killers (I.N.K)/(Indian Project Gangstas)
Westside Rebels 13
Lomas South Omaha
Park Ave Surenos13
Playboy Sureneos13
18th Street
MS-13 (Mierda Secas 13)
Melrose Boulevard Cripsals (M.B.Craps)
33rd & Fowler (Small Street Crips)
Darkside Villians
20th-24th & Paul to 20th-24th Seward (Logan Fontenelle Housing Projects) Vietnam Gangsta Bloods
Miami street (Rollin 40s Crips)
30th Burt TripSet Gang Bloods & Crips
45th ave n laurel bottom gang/miller park bangers (bloods & crips)
54th n Jaynes (jaynes gang crips)

Omaha lead info

Funding for schools and racial segregation have been contentious issues for education in the Omaha Public Schools and surrounding districts for the last several years. This tension was relieved in early 2007 when the Nebraska Legislature developed a plan to use learning communities that ensure socioeconomic diversity. Education experts have called this plan, "an important model to watch."^[10] Crime in Omaha is comparable to other U.S. cities of similar size, with racial tension and methamphetamine use among top social issues.^[11]

References

^ Arbelaez, M. (2006) Religion and Community: Mexican Americans in South Omaha (1900-1980). OLLAS Special Report No. 4. Omaha, NE: Office of Latino/Latin American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
^ Koster, G. (1997) A Story of Highway Development in Nebraska. Nebraska Department of Roads. p 65. Retrieved 9/23/07.
^ O'Hara, E. (1911) The Catholic Encyclopedia, XII. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Luebke, F.C. (1999) Germans in the New World: Essays in the History of Immigration. University of Illinois Press. p 27.
^ Chudacoff, H. (1973) "A New Look at Ethnic Neighborhoods: Residential Dispersion and the Concept of Visibility in a Medium-Sized City." Journal of American History, 60(1) 76-93.
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^ Gjerset, K & Hektoen, L (n.d.) Becoming American, Becoming Suburban: Norwegians in the 1920s. Norwegian American Historical Archives. Volume 33: Page 3.
^ Gjerset, K & Hektoen, L (n.d.) Becoming American, Becoming Suburban: Norwegians in the 1920s. Norwegian American Historical Archives. Volume 33: Page 3.
^ Walton, C. (2004) "Conversation with Duke Groner". Jazz Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 7/1/07.
^ Saunders, M. (2007) Metro area a national model? The learning community's ideas draw interest after a high court ruling against race-based integration plans,"] Omaha World-Herald 6/29/07. Retrieved 8/22/07.
^ Bonné, J. (2007) "Scourge of the heartland". MSNBC. Retrieved 3/12/07)

Funeral homes in NO

Barrett & Co. / 24th cor N / 1903-1904
Brailey & Dorrance / 1823 Cuming, Cuming SE cor 20th / 1902-1974
Brewer & Sullivan Furniture and Undertaking / 2410 N St. / 1889-1890
Burket & Dodder / 2302 Cuming / 1900-1901
C.C. Haynes / 3920 N. 24th St. / 1926-1947
C.C. Haynes / 4508 N. 24th / 1913-1925
Crosby-Moore Funeral Home / 3022-3024 N. 24th / 1923-1923
Crosby’s Funeral Home / 2018 Wirt / 1919-1921
Duffy & McLeod / 2204 Cuming / 1930-1931
E.L. Dodder / 2224 Cuming / 1902-1917 / J.A. Taggart
F.E. Fero / 2222-2224 Cuming / 1919-1922 / E.L. Dodder
F.E. Reeves / 1914 Cuming / 1915-1916
G.H. Brewer Co. / 420-422 N. 25th / 1900-1902
Gentleman & Larkin / 702 N. 16th St. / 1908-1908
Good Shepherd Funeral Home / 24th & J Streets / 2006-present / Wm Kunold Funeral Chapel
H.A. Chiles & Co. / 1839 N. 24th / 1924-1925
H.T. Brass / 601 N. 24th / 1902-1907
Harry E. Swanson & Co. / 2204 Cuming / 1924-1929
Haynes & Roeder Funeral Home / 3920 N. 24th / 1948-1963 / C.C. Haynes
Heafey & Heafey / 428 N. 24th St. / 1902-1904
Hoffman & Gentleman / 702 N. 16th / 1906-1907
Hoffman Funeral Home / 24th & Dodge St. / 1921-1974
Hoffman-Crosby Funeral Home / 24th & Dodge St. / 1924-1927 / Hoffman Funeral Home
Hulse & Riepen / 2222-24 Cuming / 1923-1928 / F.J. Stack & Co.
J. Wendell Thomas / 2022 Lake St. / 1940-1988
J.A. Gentleman Mortuary / 813 N. 16th St. / 1909-1910
J.A. Taggart / 2212 Cuming / 1900-1908
J.A. Taggart / 2224 Cuming / 1900-1908
J.A. Taggart & Son / 2212 Cuming St. / 1914-1929 / E.L. Dodder
J.A. Taggart & Son / 2225 Cuming / 1908-1916 / E.L. Dodder
Jewish Funeral Home / 1912 Cuming / 1932-1990
Johnson & Swanson / 2423 Cuming / 1914-1915
Jones & Co. / 2216 N. 24th St. / 1924-1936 / Jones & Reed
Jones & Reed / 2314 N. 24th / 1920-1921 / Jones & Childs
Leslie & Leslie / 519 N. 16th / 1908-1919
Leslie & Mace / 2302 Cuming / 1914-1908 / Burket & Dodder
Leslie O. Moore Funeral Home / 24th & Wirt / 1921-1929
Myers Funeral Home / 2416 N. 22nd / 1927-present
Obee-Hunter Funeral Home / 2706 Parker / 1918-1918
Omaha Funeral Home / 2412 N. 16th / 1924-1925 / Leslie O. Moore Funeral Home
Roeder Mortuary / 4932 Ames / 1961-present / Haynes & Roeder Funeral Home
Silas Johnson’s Western Funeral Home / 2518 Lake St. / 1920-1923 / Silas Johnson
Simones Funeral Home / 2506 N. 16th / 1928-1929
Southern Funeral Home / 2518 Lake St. / 1927-1927 / Silas Johnson’s Western Funeral Home
Swanson, Valien & Co. / 1701 Cuming / 1889-1895
Swanson, Valien & Co. / 1721 Cuming / 1889-1895
T.J. Barrett / 337 N. 24th / 1904-1904
Taggart & O’Shaugnessy / 207 N. 16th / 1889-1889 / Taggart & Taggart
Taggart & Taggart / 207 N. 16th / 1887-1899
Thomas Funeral Home / 3920 N. 24th St. / 1989-present
W.C. Crosby / 1524 N. 24th St. / 1909-1913
W.C. Crosby / 24th & Seward / 1909-1911
W.L. Myers / 2518 Lake St. / 1926-1926 / Western Funeral Home
Wagner & Reed Mortuary / 2518 Lake St. / 1928-1929 / Southern Funeral Home
Wagner’s Funeral Home / 1913 Clark / 1930-1931
Wendell Thomas / 2022 Lake St. / 1939-1967
Western Funeral Home / 2518 Lake St. / 1924-1925 / Silas Johnson’s Western Funeral Home
Westhoven Funeral Home / 818 N. 40th St. / 1926-1926 / Kramer Funeral Home

Youth

Issues

Adultcentrism
Adultism
Aging out
Children's rights
Community youth development
Evolving capacities
Fear of youth
Fear of children
History of youth rights in the United States
Intergenerational equity
List of children's rights organizations by country
List of children's rights topics
List of the youngest mayors in Canada
List of the youngest mayors in the United States
List of youth councils
List of youth empowerment organizations
List of youth rights topics
List of youth topics
Positive youth development
Student voice
Timeline of young people's rights in the United States
Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom
Youth activism
Youth-adult partnership
Youth council
Youth development
Youth empowerment
Youth engagement
Youth leadership
Youth participation
Youth philanthropy
Youth program
Youth politics
Youth voice
Youth-led media

Organizations

American Youth Congress
Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity
Canadian Children's Rights Council
Child Welfare League of America
Global/National Youth Service Day
National Commission on Resources for Youth
National Network for Youth
National Service Learning Conference
National Youth Leadership Council
National Youth Service Day
National Youth Summit
New York School of Applied Philanthropy
Youth Communications
Youth Activism Project
Youth Innovation Fund
Youth On Board
Youth Service America

Individuals

Wendy Schaetzel Lesko
Mike Males
Henry Giroux
Dennis Harper
Grace Llewellyn
Giselle Martin-Kniep
Sonia Yaco
Keith Hefner

Other stuff

Category:Child labor in the United States
Category:History of youth
Category:Laws affecting student rights
Category:Laws affecting youth rights
Category:Youth development organizations
Category:Youth empowerment individuals
Category:Youth empowerment organizations
Category:Youth councils
Category:Youth-led media
Category:Youth development organizations
Category:Youth rights
Category:Youth rights individuals
Category:Youth rights organizations

[1] Arbelaez, M. (2006) Religion and Community: Mexican Americans in South Omaha (1900-1980). OLLAS Special Report No. 4. Omaha, NE: Office of Latino/Latin American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

[2] Koster, G. (1997) A Story of Highway Development in Nebraska. Nebraska Department of Roads. p 65. Retrieved 9/23/07.

[3] O'Hara, E. (1911) The Catholic Encyclopedia, XII. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[4] Luebke, F.C. (1999) Germans in the New World: Essays in the History of Immigration. University of Illinois Press. p 27.

[5] Chudacoff, H. (1973) "A New Look at Ethnic Neighborhoods: Residential Dispersion and the Concept of Visibility in a Medium-Sized City." Journal of American History, 60(1) 76-93.

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[7] Gjerset, K & Hektoen, L (n.d.) Becoming American, Becoming Suburban: Norwegians in the 1920s. Norwegian American Historical Archives. Volume 33: Page 3.

[8] Gjerset, K & Hektoen, L (n.d.) Becoming American, Becoming Suburban: Norwegians in the 1920s. Norwegian American Historical Archives. Volume 33: Page 3.

[9] Walton, C. (2004) "Conversation with Duke Groner". Jazz Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 7/1/07.

[10] Saunders, M. (2007) Metro area a national model? The learning community's ideas draw interest after a high court ruling against race-based integration plans,"] Omaha World-Herald 6/29/07. Retrieved 8/22/07.

[11] Bonné, J. (2007) "Scourge of the heartland". MSNBC. Retrieved 3/12/07)

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