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JONES ST.
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Alfred D. Jones crossed the Missouri River in
1853 to stake a claim that he called “Park Wilde.” A lawyer and
surveyor, he did the first survey of Omaha City in 1854. Jones
became Omaha’s first postmaster
and was said to to have carried the mail in his hat. In a speech to
the territorial legislature in opposition to a territorial bank law,
he said he would like to have on his gravestone the words “Here lies
an honest man who voted against Wild Cat Banks in Nebraska.” |
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KRUG AVE.
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Krug in German means “beer stein,“ and Frederick
Krug started Nebraska’s oldest major brewery in 1859. The
brewery was sold to Falstaff in 1936. Krug owned popular Krug Park
in Benson, but a tragic roller coaster accident on July 30, 1930,
killed four persons and injured some seventeen, persuading the city
council to pass an ordinance in 1931 prohibiting roller coasters in
Omaha. The Park closed in 1940. |
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LAFAYETTE AVE.
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A favorite of George Washington, Frenchman the
Marquis de La Lafayette fought on the side of the colonists in
the War for Independence. |
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LAKE CUNNINGHAM
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Named the Outstanding Young Man of Omaha by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1945, Glenn Cunningham three
years later was elected mayor of Omaha, the youngest individual to
attain that position. Omaha’s mayor for two terms, he was a member
the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1971. |
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LAKE ST.
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Lake Street was named for George B. Lake, an
early member of the Omaha bar and one of the first justices of the
Nebraska Supreme Court. He
helped draft the Nebraska constitution for statehood and was a law
partner of Andrew Poppleton. |
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LEAVENWORTH ST.
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Leavenworth Street was named for General Henry
Leavenworth, a noted military figure and founder of Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas. |
