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| Author | : David L. Bristow |
| Publisher | : Caxton Press |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2000-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0870045326 |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press "It requires but little if any, stretch of the imagination to regard Omaha as a cesspool of iniquity, for it is given up to lawlessness and is overrun with a horde of fugitives from justice and dangerous men of all kinds who carry things with a high hand and a loose rein... If you want to find a rogue's rookery, go to Omaha." A Kansas City newspaper.
| Author | : David L. Bristow |
| Publisher | : History Nebraska |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2021-07 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780933307421 |
Each page of this book uses a photo or artifact to tell a true story about the past, drawing from the extensive collections of History Nebraska.
| Author | : Finn J. D. John |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2021-01-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1614235473 |
Tucked away in the northwestern frontier, Portland offered all the best vices: opium dreams, gambling, cheap prostitutes, and drunken brawling. In its early days, Portland was a "combination rough-and-ready logging camp and gritty, hard-punching deep-water port town," and as a young city (established in the late 1840s) it developed an international reputation for lawlessness and violence. In the early 1900s, the British and French governments filed formal complaints about Portland to the US state department, and Congressional testimony from the time cites Portland as the worst place in the world for crimping. Today, tours of the alleged Shanghai Tunnels offer Portland visitors a taste of that seedy past.
| Author | : Ryan Roenfeld |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1467137316 |
In old Omaha, the scent of opium wafted through saloon doors, while prostitutes openly solicited customers. When the St. Elmo theater ran short of the usual entertainment, the residents could always fall back on robbing strangers. Tenants of the Burnt District squirmed under the extorting thumb of a furniture dealer dubbed the Man-Landlady. The games of chance and confidence and outright municipal graft all played a part in a wicked city where gambler Tom Dennison ran politics and Madam Anna Wilson drove philanthropy. Join Ryan Roenfeld for a stroll along the seamier side of Omaha's past.
| Author | : Orville D. Menard |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013-11-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0803248334 |
"An exploration of political bossism and machine politics of the early twentieth century focused on Omaha, Nebraska, and Thomas Dennison"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Ryan Roenfeld |
| Publisher | : Reedy Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2021-05-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1681063069 |
How did Omaha get its nickname, “The Gateway to the West” and where can you gawk at the footsteps of the first human to walk in space? Just scratch the surface of a city best known for Warren Buffett, college baseball, and a great zoo and find far more than meets the eye. And Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is just the book you’ll need to uncover all the stories of Nebraska’s lone metropolis. Omaha rises up out of the low broken bluffs along the west bank of the Missouri River and sprawls west across what was once the prairie grasslands of the Great Plains. The buffalo wallows have been replaced by a more urban mix of grit and gentrification, with tree-lined avenues, boulevards, and varied communities that hold on to their heritage for generations. There’s a giant fork in Little Italy and stories told in stone around what was the world’s largest livestock market. There’s an old blues song by Big Joe Williams about an Omaha intersection that’s now on the National Register, and Irish Nationalists erected a grand monument to the Fenian who invaded Canada twice. Anyone in Omaha can take a gander at Goose Hollow or visit a haven for herons, but now author and Omaha enthusiast Ryan Roenfeld takes you on your own behind-the-scenes tour of the Big O. With his book as your guide, you’ll discover a whole new side to the city that’s inspired him for years.
| Author | : Eden O'Neill |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 2021-02-22 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
He's the elite's dark prince. I had the audacity of breathing his air. Dirty. Rotten. Savages.The Legacy boys are Windsor Preparatory Academy's most privileged. No one crosses the devil spawn of this town's upper echelon, but I managed. I call one of them out my first day, and no one hears it louder than their blond prince. Evil. Wicked. Twisted. Dorian Prinze is as cruel as he is beautiful and once he sets his sights on me, he refuses to let go. Apparently, I bother him by simply existing at my new school and no matter what I do, I can't stay off the radar of him and his boys. He says I make too much noise and stupid me for not caring. Some really messed up stuff brought my brother and me to this town, and I won't bow down to these elitist pricks. Something tells me going to war with the cruel prince of Maywood Heights may level both our foundations, but I won't go down without a fight. I'll do whatever it takes to win Dorian's devious and twisted games. Even if he promises I'll scream for him by the end.Warning: Dirty Wicked Prince is a dark high school romance that contains dubious content and situations some may find triggering. It's recommended for readers 18+ and is the first book in an all new series by Eden O'Neill titled Court Legacy. Dirty Wicked Prince is not a standalone and does end in a cliff hanger.Author's Note: Court Legacy is a spin-off series about the children of characters featured in Eden O'Neill's Court High and Court University series. It's not necessary to read the previously released series in order to enjoy Court Legacy. This is a new series that can be read completely on its own.
| Author | : Eileen Wirth |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2022-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1496228642 |
Eileen Wirth explores the important contributions of women to Omaha’s history—from the work of local women in numerous fields from the 1850s to the modern women’s movement in the 1970s—bringing to life many who have been overlooked.
| Author | : Jeffrey S. Spencer |
| Publisher | : Turner |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Historic buildings |
| ISBN | : 9781596523944 |
From its beginnings as a frontier military post on the Missouri River, through its years as a transportation and meatpacking center, to its present role as a home to Fortune 500 companies, Omaha has always been a city of opportunity, growth, and change. Historic Photos of Omaha captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. In these pages are unique visual records of the city's history, presented in hundreds of historic photographs. From the muddy streets of a cattle town to the bustling thoroughfares of a modern metropolis, these images tell a story of transportation and commerce, of churches and schools, of wars and disasters. Photographs of the great Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and Indian Congress of 1898, Boys Town, city parks, neighborhoods, and the downtown of bygone eras are all here, preserved in striking black and white images that capture historic events and everyday life of a unique and vibrant city in the heart of America.
| Author | : Grant Eugene Stevens |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
| ISBN | : |
