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After a downturn in the market and changes in the livestock industry, the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha lost value through the 1960s. In 1973 the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha was sold to the Canal Capital Corporation of New York. In 1999 the Union Stockyards were closed by the City of Omaha, and replaced with a business park. [9]
Aerial view, 1923 "Welcome to the Omaha livestock market" The Union Stockyards of Omaha, Nebraska, were founded in 1883 in South Omaha by the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha. [1] A fierce rival of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the Omaha Union Stockyards were third in the United States for production by 1890. [2]
Downtown Atkinson: State Street Location of Atkinson, Nebraska Coordinates: 42°31′51″N 98°58′29″W / 42.53083°N 98.97472°W / 42.53083; -98
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Atkinson Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,744 at the 2020 census. [1] A 2023 estimate placed the township's population at 1,741. [1] The City of Atkinson lies within the Township.
The Livestock Exchange Building in Omaha, Nebraska, was built in 1926 at 4920 South 30 Street in South Omaha. [3] It was designed as the centerpiece of the Union Stockyards by architect George Prinz and built by Peter Kiewit and Sons in the Romanesque revival and Northern Italian Renaissance Revival styles.
The Atkinson and Northern Railroad was founded in the late 19th century to operate north from Atkinson, Nebraska, for about 25-30 miles to Perry in Boyd County, Nebraska. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although several cuts were made in preparation for the railroad, no track was laid and the railroad folded before it began.
Holt County was created by an act of the Nebraska Territory Legislature in 1862, and was organized in 1876. [4] [5] [6] It is named for Joseph Holt of Kentucky, who was postmaster general and secretary of war under President James Buchanan.