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Omaha (/ ˈ oʊ m ə h ɑː / OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. [6] It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River.
The Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters is a museum and visitors' center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in the Florence neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The museum interprets the story of the Mormon Trail along with the history of a temporary Mormon settlement known as Winter Quarters , which was ...
The area that was once Winter Quarters became part of the community of Florence, located in North Omaha. The pioneer community is remembered with several attractions, including the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Cutler's Park, Mormon Trail Center and the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge. The Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple was dedicated there in April ...
Over 61,000 visitors toured the Winter Quarters Temple during its open house, which ran from March 30 to April 14, 2001. [2] Members all over the United States and Canada watched via satellite broadcast as LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple on April 22, 2001. During the dedicatory prayer ...
Due to difficulty crossing Iowa, they spent the winter of 1846-47 in encampments across Iowa and Nebraska. Winter Quarters , on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River , became an important stopping site for church members in their trek towards the Great Basin .
The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located at 3300 State Street in present-day Florence at the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of Mormon pioneers who lived in Winter Quarters, a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. It was designated a landmark by ...
Omaha is located at According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 118.9 square miles (307.9 km 2).. Situated in the Midwestern United States on the shore of the Missouri River in eastern Nebraska, the Port of Omaha helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.
The Flag of Nebraska. Nebraska (/ n ə ˈ b r æ s k ə / ⓘ nə-BRASS-kə) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west.