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2. History of Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Nebraska Territory - Wikipedia

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   The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, [ 1 ] until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854. The territorial capital was Omaha.

5. Residents of KCK senior center win $4.6 million settlement ...

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   A federal judge on Monday approved a $4.6 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by residents of a Kansas City, Kansas, apartment building for seniors with low incomes, cited for ...

6. Claim club - Wikipedia

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   The Omaha Claim Club was founded in 1854, the year the city was founded. Initially designed to protect the interests of 20 men, it grew to include almost two hundred settlers. The group used violent means to impose "frontier justice", including dunking in the frozen Missouri River, running off legitimate settlers, and other forms of vigilantism.

7. History of the Kansas City metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   Kansas City, Missouri, skyline from the Liberty Memorial. The history of the Kansas City metropolitan area relates to the area around the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and the modern-day city of Kansas City, Missouri. Before the arrival of European explorers, the area was inhabited at various times by peoples of the Hopewell ...