Tag: Omaha

  • Baker v. Morton and the demise of the Omaha Claim Club

    Picture this: It’s the 1850s, and Omaha’s wilder than a bucking bronco at a rodeo. Enter the Omaha Claim Club, a posse of land-grabbing varmints who’d make even the most hardened outlaw blush. These hombres had a unique way of “negotiating” land deals – by dunking folks in the Missouri River! Now, our hero in…

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  • William N. Byers – The NEBRASKA years (1854-1859)

    William Byers didn’t just become the first deputy surveyor in Nebraska Territory – he carved that godforsaken wilderness into a semblance of civilization with nothing but his wits and a rusty transit! This cartographic conquistador didn’t just create the first official plat of Omaha – he birthed a city from the very soil! Don’t think…

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