The community of Florence, since 1917 a part of the city of Omaha, had rather ususual history of settlement in that it was founded not once, but twice. In 1846 the area was occupied by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Winter Quarters, as it was then called, had a population of approximately 3500 inhabitants and was the scene of much activity. Abandoned in 1848, it lay prey to plundering Indians and prairie fires until 1854 when James Mitchell and the Nebraska Winter Quarters Company laid claim to the area and established another settlement which they called Florence, Nebraska Territory
The Nebraska Territory was established in 1854. Consisting of lands that encompass modern-day Nebras...
To James Fitche, of Nebraska City, the Society is indebted for the following recollections, reminisc...
The founding and early history of the University of Omaha was closely linked with Bellevue College a...
A little less than one hundred years have passed since the founding of the present day city of O\u27...
Blair, situated on the Missouri River at the eastern edge of Nebraska, is in the original territory ...
There are three reasons for writing a history of the Episcopal Church in Omaha with an emphasis on t...
A century ago settlement was just beginning to flourish in Nebraska. One by one communities were app...
Having been born and raised in Omaha, I found myself asking the following questions: How did Omaha b...
The present historical society was organized at the time, date, and under circumstances as hereinaft...
A territory is opened for settlement and the people pour in. Homesteads spring up in all directions ...
To found a city is a human ambition older than history. The name of the engineer that set the metes ...
The cultural development of any community is an important part of a larger social history which has ...
When Europeans visit the Great Plains region of the United States, they are impressed by the newness...
Elder J.M. Young was really the founder of the city of Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska. He was born...
We are apt to look upon Nebraska as a young state; young in its geological formation, in its politic...
The Nebraska Territory was established in 1854. Consisting of lands that encompass modern-day Nebras...
To James Fitche, of Nebraska City, the Society is indebted for the following recollections, reminisc...
The founding and early history of the University of Omaha was closely linked with Bellevue College a...
A little less than one hundred years have passed since the founding of the present day city of O\u27...
Blair, situated on the Missouri River at the eastern edge of Nebraska, is in the original territory ...
There are three reasons for writing a history of the Episcopal Church in Omaha with an emphasis on t...
A century ago settlement was just beginning to flourish in Nebraska. One by one communities were app...
Having been born and raised in Omaha, I found myself asking the following questions: How did Omaha b...
The present historical society was organized at the time, date, and under circumstances as hereinaft...
A territory is opened for settlement and the people pour in. Homesteads spring up in all directions ...
To found a city is a human ambition older than history. The name of the engineer that set the metes ...
The cultural development of any community is an important part of a larger social history which has ...
When Europeans visit the Great Plains region of the United States, they are impressed by the newness...
Elder J.M. Young was really the founder of the city of Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska. He was born...
We are apt to look upon Nebraska as a young state; young in its geological formation, in its politic...
The Nebraska Territory was established in 1854. Consisting of lands that encompass modern-day Nebras...
To James Fitche, of Nebraska City, the Society is indebted for the following recollections, reminisc...
The founding and early history of the University of Omaha was closely linked with Bellevue College a...