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Platte. Pop. (188o) 30,518, (189o) 66,536,5 (1900) 102,555, of whom 23,552 (comprising 5522 Germans, 3968 Swedes, 2430 Danes, 2170 Bohemians, 2164 Irish, 1526 See also:

ENGLISH

English, 1141 English Canadians, 5 These are the figures given in See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

Census Bulletin 71, Estimates of See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population., 1904, 1905, zgoe (1907), and are the arithmetical mean between the figures for 1880 and those for 1900, those of the census of 1890 being 140,452; these are substituted by the See also:

BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau of the Census, as the 1890 census was in See also:

ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error. In 1.910, according to the U.S. census, the population was 124,096. 997 Russians, &c.) were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 3443 were negroes, (1906 estimate) 124,167. Originally, with See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council Bluffs, See also:

IOWA

Iowa, the eastern See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the first Pacific railway, Omaha now has outlets over nine See also:

GREAT

great railway systems: the See also:

Chicago, See also:

BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

Quincy, the See also:

Union Pacific, the Chicago, See also:

Rock See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific, the Chicago Great-Western, the Chicago & See also:

North-Western, the Chicago, See also:

MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

Paul, the See also:

ILLINOIS

Illinois Central, the Missouri Pacific and the See also:

WABASH

Wabash. See also:

Bridges over the Missouri river connect Omaha with Council Bluffs. The See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

TOWN

town site occupied an elongated and elevated river See also:

TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace, now given over wholly to business; behind this are hills and bluffs, over which the residential districts have extended. Among the more important buildings are the Federal See also:

BUILDING

Building, See also:

Court See also:

House, a city-See also:

hall, two high See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, one of which is one of the finest in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, a See also:

convention hall, the Auditorium and the Public Library. Omaha is the see of See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal bishoprics. Among the educational institutions are a See also:

state school for the See also:

DEAF

deaf (1867); the medical See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department and orthopaedic See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the University of Nebraska (whose other departments are at See also:

Lincoln); a Presbyterian Theological See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary (1891); and See also:

CREIGHTON, MANDELL (1843—1901)

Creighton University (Roman Catholic, under Jesuit See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control). This university, which was founded in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

EDWARD

Edward Creighton (d.

1874) (whose See also:

BROTHER

brother, See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

John A. Creighton, d. 1907, gave large sums in his lifetime and about $1,250,000 by his will), by his wife See also:

Mary See also:

LUCRETIA

Lucretia Creighton (d. 1876), was incorporated in 1879; it includes the Creighton See also:

Academy, Creighton See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (1875), to which a Scientific Department was added in 1883, the John A. Creighton Medical College (1802), the Creighton University College of See also:

Law (1904), the Creighton University Dental College (1905) and the Creighton College of See also:

PHARMACY

Pharmacy (1go5). In 1909–1910 it had 120 instructors and Boo students. St See also:

Joseph's See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital (Roman Catholic) was built as a memorial to John A. Creighton. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

NEWSPAPERS

newspapers are the Omaha See also:

BEE (Sanskrit blza, AS. ben, Lat. apis)

Bee, the See also:

WORLD

World-See also:

HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald and the See also:

NEVIS

Nevis. The Omaha Bee was established in 1871 by Edward Rosewater (1842–1906), who made it one of the most influential Republican See also:

JOURNALS

journals in the See also:

West. The World-Herald (Democratic), founded in 1865 by See also:

George L. See also:

Miller, was edited by See also:

William Jennings See also:

BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS (186o– )

Bryan from 1894 to 1896.

Omaha is the headquarters of the See also:

UNITED

United States military department of the Missouri, and there are military posts at Fort Omaha (See also:

SIGNAL

signal See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps and station for experiments with See also:

war balloons), immediately north, and Fort Crook (See also:

INFANTRY

infantry), to m. S. of the city. A See also:

CARNIVAL (Med. Lat. carnelevarium, from taro, tarns, flesh, and levare, to lighten or put aside; the derivation from valere, to say farewell, is unsupported)

carnival, the " Festival of Ak-Sar-See also:

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben," is held in Omaha every autumn. Among the manufacturing establishments of Omaha are breweries (product value in 1905, $1,141,424) and distilleries, See also:

SILVER

silver and See also:

lead smelting and refining See also:

WORKS

works, railway shops, See also:

FLOUR

flour and grist-See also:

mills and dairies. The product-value of its manufactures in 1900 ($43,168,876) constituted 30% of the See also:

TOTAL

total output of the state, not including the greater product (48.7 % of the total) of See also:

South Omaha (q.v.), where the See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial interests of Omaha are largely concentrated. The " factory " product of Omaha in 1905 was valued at $54,003,704, an increase of 41.8 % over that ($38,074,244) for 1900. The See also:

net See also:

DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt of the city on the 1st of May 1909 was $5,770,000; its assessed value in 19cg (about - of See also:

CASH

cash value) was $26,749,148, and its total tax-See also:

RATE

rate was $5.73 per $1000. In 1804 Meriwether See also:

Lewis and William See also:

Clark camped on the Omaha See also:

plateau. In 1825 a licensed See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

POST

post was established here. In 1846 the See also:

MORMONS

Mormons settled at " See also:

Winter Quarters "—after 1854 called See also:

Florence (pop. in loco, 668), and in the immediate environs (6 m. N.) of the See also:

PRESENT

present Omaha—and by 1847 had built up camps of some 12,000 inhabitants on the Nebraska and Iowa sides of the Missouri. Compelled to remove from the Indian See also:

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation within which Winter Quarters See also:

lay, they founded "Kanesville" on the Iowa See also:

side (which also was called Winter Quarters by the Mormons, and after 1853 was known as Council Bluffs), gradually emigrating to See also:

UTAH

Utah in the years following.

Winter Quarters (Florence) was deserted in 1848, but many Mormons were still in Nebraska and Iowa, and their See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was strong for nearly a See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade afterwards. Not all had99 See also:

LEFT

left Nebraska in 1853. Speculative See also:

LAND

land " squatters " intruded upon the Indian lands in that See also:

YEAR

year, and a See also:

rush of settlers followed the opening of Nebraska Territory under the See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas-Nebraska See also:

BILL

Bill of 1854. Omaha (named from the Omaha See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians) was platted in 1854, and was first chartered as a city in 1857. It was the provisional territorial See also:

capital in 1854-1855, and the See also:

REGULAR

regular capital in 1855–1867. Its See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter status has often been modified. Since 1887 it has been the only city of the state governed under the See also:

general charter for See also:

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan cities. See also:

PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

Prairie freighting and Missouri river See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation were of importance before the construction of the Union Pacific railway, and the activity of the city in securing the freighting See also:

INTEREST

interest gave her an initial start over the other cities of the state. Council Bluffs was the legal, but Omaha the See also:

PRACTICAL

practical, eastern terminus of that great undertaking, See also:

WORK

work on which began at Omaha in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1863. The city was already connected as See also:

early as 1863 by See also:

TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph with Chicago, St See also:

Louis, and since 1861 with See also:

San Francisco. Lines of the present great Rock Island, Burlington and North-Western railway systems all entered the city in the years 1867–1868. See also:

MEAT

Meat-packing began as early as 1871, but its first great advance followed the removal of the Union stock yards south of the city in 1884.

South Omaha (q.v.) was rapidly built up around them. A Trans-See also:

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Exposition illustrating the progress and resources of the states west of the Mississippi was held at Omaha in 1898. It represented an investment of $2,000,000, and in spite of See also:

FINANCIAL

financial depression and wartime, 9o% of their subscriptions were returned in dividends to the stockholders.

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