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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
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.
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.
Omaha overtook Chicago as the nation's largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held onto until 1971. [3] The 116-year-old institution closed in 1999. [ 4 ] The Livestock Exchange Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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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]
Livestock kept on the farm included horses, necessary as draft animals until they were supplanted by machinery. Cattle and hogs have been raised for the market through most of the farm's history. In the early 1900s, the farm maintained a dairy herd of 40–50 Holsteins, and poultry were raised for meat and eggs by the farm's women. [2]
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.