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• despite being called the "Aladdin's Castle of George Francis Train," the Cozzens House Hotel in Omaha operated for only four years before sitting empty for several more?
• despite inundating Omaha, Nebraska for more than 26 days the Great Flood of 1881 killed only two people there?
• its central location as a transportation hub for the United States led to the branding of Omaha, Nebraska as the "Gateway City of the West"?
• the demolition of the Jobbers Canyon Historic District in Omaha, Nebraska represents the largest loss of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places to date?
• a version of the maple bacon donut (pictured) served up in an Omaha, Nebraska, bakery is based on a simple concept: breakfast combined into one item that you put in your mouth?
• a United States district court decision against the Omaha Horse Railway Company allowed cable car tracks to be installed in Omaha, Nebraska?
• North 24th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, considered the heart of the city's African American community, has not fully recovered since several riots destroyed businesses along the strip in the 1960s?
• Robert E. A. Lee was executive producer of A Time for Burning, a cinéma vérité documentary about efforts to bridge race relations among Lutherans in Omaha, Nebraska?
• Tom Dennison got a mayor elected eight times, instigated a race riot and controlled all sale of liquor, gambling and prostitution during his 30+ year reign as Omaha's political boss?
• the kidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr. caused a national uproar in 1903 because Cudahy's father, a meatpacking magnate in Omaha, Nebraska, paid the ransom request?
• the vigilante actions of the Omaha Claim Club, including many founding fathers of Omaha, Nebraska, were later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in Baker v. Morton?
• the Storz, Krug, Willow Springs and Metz breweries were regarded as Omaha, Nebraska's "Big 4" breweries?
• the Union Station in Omaha, Nebraska was the first Art Deco style train station in the United States?
• the Union Stockyards of Omaha, Nebraska was the largest livestock market and meatpacking center in the United States from 1955 until 1973?
• the events surrounding the lynching of Joe Coe in Omaha, Nebraska in 1891 are said to foreshadow the lynching of Willy Brown 28 years later?
• the Logan Fontenelle Housing Project in Omaha, Nebraska, along with restrictive covenants and redlining, were used to segregate African Americans in the Near North Side neighborhood?
• the Gottlieb Storz House in Omaha, Nebraska is home to the Astaire Ballroom, which is the only memorial to Adele and Fred Astaire in their home city?
• the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska introduced both the Reuben sandwich and Butter Brickle ice cream to the world?
• the Broomfield Rowhouse in Omaha, Nebraska was designed for a 1909 competition sponsored by Good Housekeeping magazine?
• the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska was almost destroyed by mob violence only five years after it was built?
• the first Lutheran church in Omaha, Nebraska became the largest Lutheran congregation in the United States by the 1920s?
• Kellom Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska is the alma mater of Fred Astaire, Gale Sayers and Bob Gibson, as well as home to youth programs once led by Whitney Young?
• Omaha, Nebraska is the original home of the Reuben sandwich, Omaha Steaks and ConAgra Foods?
• Omaha, Nebraska's Little Italy neighborhood was largely the result of two brothers' efforts to help their countrymen?
• Omaha, Nebraska's Peony Park became famous after the Lawrence Welk Band made it their official headquarters during the Great Depression?
• Omaha pioneer real estate agent Byron Reed was one of the greatest collectors of the 19th century, with a collection currently valued at almost $8,000,000?
• Omaha, Nebraska has a history of riots and civil unrest beginning just twenty years after the city was founded?
• Omaha, Nebraska's Krug Park was the site of a 1930 roller coaster accident, the worst in U.S. history?
• financier Gurdon Wattles was responsible for building the historically significant Wattles House in Omaha and the Wattles Mansion in Hollywood?
• pioneer Omaha physician George L. Miller served as president of the Nebraska State Historical Society after being labeled a "raving maniac" by the press?
• madame Anna Wilson, the "Queen of the Underworld" in early Omaha, Nebraska, bequeathed her 25-room brothel mansion to the city to use as an emergency hospital upon her death?
• Omaha pioneer Andrew J. Hanscom started a large-scale fight in the Nebraska Territory House of Representatives over the location of the territorial capital?
• Omaha gained an important place in the history of the First Transcontinental Railroad against the will of President Abraham Lincoln?
• James Dahlman, Omaha, Nebraska's "perpetual mayor," was regarded as the "wettest mayor in America" after the number of saloons doubled during his term?
• Jesse Lowe, the first mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, is credited with naming the city after the local Native American Omaha Tribe?
• John Latenser, Sr., an early architect in Omaha, Nebraska, designed more than 12 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places?
• Florence Boulevard in Omaha, Nebraska was originally called the "Prettiest Mile in Omaha Boulevard" when it was designed by Horace Cleveland in 1892?
• Enos Lowe was a founder of Omaha, Nebraska, and an early resident of Iowa's Black Hawk Purchase?
• Omaha University was first located in the Redick Mansion of North Omaha's once-affluent Kountze Place suburb?
• Alfred D. Jones, the original surveyor of Des Moines, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska, was known for delivering mail from his stovepipe hat as the first postmaster of Omaha?
• Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska is often erroneously said to be a namesake of Union Pacific Railroad chief engineer Grenville Dodge, when it was actually named for Iowa Senator Augustus C. Dodge?
• autobiographer Lois Mark Stalvey's 1960s anti-racist activism in Omaha, Nebraska was responsible for her husband's job transfer to Philadelphia?