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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 Creighton: north side of Main Street looking west from Chase Avenue Location of Creighton, Nebraska Coordinates: 42°27′53″N 97°54′26″W / 42.46472°N 97.90722°W / 42.46472; -97
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.
There were several breweries established throughout the city during this period. In 1947 they were second only to Chicago in worldwide ratings. Omaha overtook Chicago as the U.S.'s largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held until 1971. [10] The 116-year-old institution closed in 1999. [11]
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This is a list of telephone area codes in the state of Nebraska. 308: Western Nebraska, including Grand Island and Kearney. 402/531: Eastern Nebraska, including Omaha and Lincoln, overlaid in 2011 [1] Under the original North American Numbering Plan of 1947, area code 402 covered all of Nebraska. Area code 308 was split off in 1954, and ...