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MANDERSON ST.
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Charles
F. Manderson, a veteran of the Civil War, came to Omaha in 1869.
He was a member of the constitutional conventions of 1871 and 1875,
served as city attorney for six years, and was a two-term member of
the U.S. Senate. |
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MARCY ST.
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Marcy Street was named
for William L. Marcy, Secretary of State in the cabinet of
President Franklin Pierce, at the time the Nebraska Territory was
organized. |
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MARTHA ST.
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Pioneer
and city leader Samuel Rogers named the street after his wife, whose
maiden name was Martha Brown. His career included law,
merchandising, real estate, and banking. Samuel and William Rogers
built the sixth house in Omaha. |
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MASON ST.
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Mason Street is said to have been named for Judge Charles Mason,
an eminent lawyer and jurist of Iowa in early days. |
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MERCER BLVD.
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Dr. Samuel D. Mercer was one of the leading early physicians of
the region, arriving in Omaha in 1866. After retiring from his
medical career, Dr. Mercer became active in developing the cable
tramways, motor street railways, and the fashionable Walnut Hills
neighborhood. Mercer’s descendants, Sam and Mark, were paramount
forces for the creation of the “Old Market.” Sam started the
development by restoring the family warehouses in the district,
saying building contemporary structures “would have been like
painting over the Mona Lisa.”
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MEREDITH ST.
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Meredith
Avenue was named for John Reid Meredith, a native of
Pennsylvania and a leading Omaha attorney following his arrival in
1857. He was a member of the city council in 1868, a stalwart of the
Presbyterian church, and one of the incorporators of the Omaha Horse
Railway Company. |
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MILITARY AVE.
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A part of
the original Overland Trail, Military Road snaked through Omaha and
Benson starting in 1857. It was used to move military supplies to
Fort Kearny. Military Road was used by thousands of settlers heading
to the Northwest. The road was purposely laid out over high ground
so that emigrants and freighters could have a good view of the
surrounding country as a protection against attacks. In 1994 a
portion of Military Road near 82nd and Fort Streets was placed on
the National Register of Historic Places. |
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MILLARD AVE.
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The
Millard family was a major contributor to Omaha’s development and
growth. Ezra Millard arrived in Omaha in 1856 and went into
banking. He organized the Omaha National Bank in 1866, moving on to
its presidency until 1884. Politics and construction of commercial
buildings and the first class Millard Hotel also occupied him. Ezra
Millard purchased the land that became the town of Millard in 1871. |
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MILLER ST.
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Dr.
George L. Miller was one of Omaha’s first physicians. Becoming
involved in politics, he served in the territorial council and was a
member of a delegation that went to New York to promote Omaha as the
location for the Union Pacific’s Railroad Bridge. He left medicine
in 1865 to enter journalism and founded the Omaha Daily Herald,
serving for many years as its editor. |
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MINNE LUSA BLVD.
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Named for
the Florence Pumping Station, Minne Lusa comes from an Indian term
meaning “clear water.” |
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MORMON ST.
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The street’s name commemorates the Mormon’s desperate
“Winter Quarters” of the winter of 1846-47. Brigham Young was
leading his followers, driven out of Nauvoo, Illinois, to find their
“New Zion.” |
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NAKOMA AVE.
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Nakoma Ave. comes from Lake Nakoma, a former name for Carter Lake.
The lake was originally called Cut-Off Lake. |
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NICHOLAS ST.
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The street may be named for the first building and
hotel in Omaha, constructed for the Council Bluffs and Nebraska
Ferry Company. It became the home of William “Billy” Snowden and his
wife Rachel, Omaha’s first permanent white settlers. They moved into
the building at 12th and Jackson Street on July 11, 1854, with the
building also serving as Omaha’s first hotel, the St. Nicholas. |
