Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1906

Omaha, a city, the capital of Douglas co., Neb., is pleasantly situated on the W. bank of the Missouri River (opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa), 18 miles above its junction with the Platte and 492 miles W. by S. of Chicago, on the Union Pacific, the Missouri Pacific and other railroads. Lat. 41° 16' N. ; Lon. 95° 56' W. The site of the city is on a plateau 80 feet above the Missouri River, which is here crossed by several bridges. Omaha is the commercial and manufacturing metropolis of the state and owes its position to being one of the chief gate-ways of the West. Its more Important industries comprise cattle-, hog- and sheep-packing (it being the third "packing" city of the United States), silver-smelting, brewing, distilling, and the manufacture of white-lead, linseed-oil, machinery, steam-engines, bricks, etc. Here are also located extensive car-shops. Among the more important buildings and institutions of Omaha are the court-house, city-hall, public library (with 60,000 volumes), Federal building, Coliseum (convention hall, seating 12,000), exposition building, Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopal cathedrals, hospitals, state institute for deaf and dumb, etc. Among the educational institutions are the University of Omaha, the Creighton University, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Brownell Hall, St. Catharine's Academy, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Omaha Medical College, and the Creighton Medical College. Omaha is the head-quarters of the military department of the Missouri. Pop. in 1870, 16,083; in 1880, 30,518; in 1390, 140,452 ; in 1900, 102,555.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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