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North Omaha to-do's

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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

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

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

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.

Alberta landmarks

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

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

Bar U Ranch — Historic ranch in Alberta foothills, 1883

Cave and BasinHot 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)

Frog Lake — Site of Cree uprising, 1885

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)

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

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

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

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...

  • Jaynes Street (34th-45th) bloods aand a few crips
  • 40th Ave crips
  • Flatland bloods
  • Lothrop Block bloods
  • Vietnam Projects bloods
  • 16th Street/ Victor Block bloods
  • 29th Street crips and a few bloods
  • Small Street crips
  • 38th Street bloods
  • Murdertown bloods and crips
  • Crownpoint crips
  • Capones crips
  • 48th Street bloods
  • 44th Street crips
  • Spencer Projects
  • Hilltop Projects crips
  • Sahler Block crips
  • 37th Street crips
  • Camden Block crips
  • Duece 4 Mafia crips
  • 20's bloods
  • Pleasantview Projects crips
  • South Family bloods
  • South Side Terrace Projects bloods
  • Gangster Desciple
  • Vice Lords
  • Surenos
  • Ms 13
  • Curtis Block blods and 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

  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.
  6. ^ here
  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)


Funeral homes in NO

  • Allen Jones © / 2314 N. 24th / 1916-1916
  • Banks & Wilkes © / 1914 Cuming / 1916-1919 / F.E. Reeves
  • 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
  • G.W. Obee © / 1002 N. 16th / 1910-1910
  • G.W. Obee © / 2114 N. 24th / 1911-1913
  • G.W. Obee © / 2518 Lake St. / 1914-1915
  • G.W. Obee © / 906 N. 16th / 1909-1909
  • 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
  • Hudson & Arnold © / 1822 Cuming / 1914-1914
  • 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 & Childs / 2314 N. 24th / 1919-1919 / Allen Jones ©
  • 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
  • Obie & Co. © / 2518 Lake St. / 1916-1916 / G.W. Obee
  • 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 © / 2518 Lake St. / 1917-1919 / Obie & Co.
  • 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
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