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Government of Omaha. Omaha's City Offices Building in Downtown Omaha. The government of the City of Omaha, Nebraska consists of the Mayor of Omaha, the Omaha City Council and various departments of the City of Omaha, which is located in Douglas County, Nebraska. The city of Omaha was founded in 1854 and incorporated in 1857.
Logan Fontenelle, an interpreter for the Omaha Tribe when it ceded the land that became the city of Omaha to the U.S. government. Various Native American tribes had lived in the land that became Omaha since the 17th century, including the Omaha and Ponca, Dhegihan-Siouan language people who had originated in the lower Ohio River valley and migrated west by the early 17th century; Pawnee, Otoe ...
The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian Country, William D. Brown was operating the Lone Tree Ferry to bring settlers from Council Bluffs to Omaha.
First Jewish mayor of Omaha. 41 James Dworak: 1961 1965 Democratic: 42 Alexander V. Sorensen 1965 1969 43 Eugene A. Leahy: 1969 1973 Democratic: 44 Edward Zorinsky: 1973 1976 (resigned) Republican (before 1976) Second Jewish mayor. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate. Democratic (1976-1987) 45 Robert G. Cunningham (interim mayor ...
The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is a public research university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. [6] Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college, the university was originally known as the University of Omaha. [7][8] Originally meant to provide a Christian-based ...
On August 26, 2014, Omaha policemen accidentally shot and killed television sound technician Bryce Dion. Dion was killed while his team was filming an episode of the TV show Cops. [6] Officer Kerrie Orozco, a 7-year veteran of the Omaha Police Department, and a member of the Gang Unit, was shot and killed on May 20, 2015.
La Vista is a city south of Omaha in north-central Sarpy County. Papillion is a city south of Omaha and immediately south of La Vista. It is the county seat of Sarpy County. Ralston is a city in south-central Douglas County roughly bounded by 72nd, 84th, L, and Harrison Streets. It is surrounded by Omaha on three sides.
Contents. Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha metropolitan area, officially known as the Omaha, NE–IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), is an urbanized, bi-state metro region in Nebraska and Iowa in the American Midwest, centered on the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The region consists of eight counties (five in Nebraska and ...