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OGDEN ST.
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Named for
W. B. Ogden of Illinois, first president of the Union Pacific
Railroad. |
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ORCHARD AVE.
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Samuel Orchard was appointed by Congress to be the first
surveyor of customs for the new Omaha Port of Delivery in 1870.
Having opened the Orchard and Bean carpet store, he expanded into
furniture sales and built a five-story building at 15th and Farnam.
He added to his fortune by investing in the Union Stockyards
Company. |
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ORVILLE PLZ.
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Orville
plaza, located near Eppley Air Field, is named for Orville Wright
of the airplane inventor brothers. |
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PADDOCK RD.
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Algerson Sidney Paddock became secretary of the Nebraska
Territory in 1861, and twice served the state as a U.S.
Senator. While a Senator he championed the establishment of the
Military District of Nebraska, which resulted in the Department of
the Platte with its headquarters in Omaha. The first appropriations
for river development at Omaha are attributed to Paddock. In his
business career he was a large investor and director of the Omaha
Street Railway. |
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PARK WILD
AVE.
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Park Wild
Avenue derives its names from the claim staked off by Alfred D.
Jones before Omaha was surveyed, which he named “Park Wilde.”
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PATRICK AVE.
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J.N.H.
Patrick was an early Omaha pioneer and the father of R.W.
Patrick, a municipal court judge, and of daughter Eliza who married
Joseph Barker, Jr. Family farmland covered the Dundee and 24th and
Lake areas. Like several other early settlers, in his home was a
private art collection of over twenty fine paintings, displayed in
the central hall, drawing room, dining room, breakfast room, and
library. He also had sculptures of bronze and marble. |
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PAXTON BLVD.
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From humble beginnings
William A. Paxton constructed a multi-faceted career that earned
him a fortune and a reputation as a man with a “big purse, but a
bigger heart,” and as the “real founder of South Omaha.” He went
from livery foreman to beef mogul, later expanding into banking,
investing and organizing the Union Stockyards Company. He co-founded
the Paxton & Gallagher Wholesale Grocery Business and became a
co-owner of the Paxton & Vierling Iron Works. Along the way he found
time to serve in the Nebraska Legislature. The prestigious Paxton
Hotel became the hotel of preference for wealthy visiting cattlemen. |
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JOHN J.
PERSHING DR.
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Named for General John
J. Pershing, a Lincoln native. After graduating from West Point,
he rose to the highest rank in the U.S. Military, General of the
Armies of the United States. “Black Jack” was commander of the
American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. |
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POPPLETON AVE.
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Andrew Jackson
Poppleton arrived as a young attorney in Omaha in October 1854
and became a principal figure in the city’s public life. As a member
of the first territorial legislature, he was in the midst of the
struggle over where the territorial capital would be located. He
served three times as Mayor of Omaha. As a defense attorney he lost
the first legal execution trial in the Nebraska Territory, but
successfully defended Standing Bear in the Chief’s 1879 trial. He
argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and for many years was
an attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad. |
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PRATT ST.
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Augustus Pratt was a member of the first Board of Park
Commissioners and a member of the Board of Education.
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