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In 1953, under the leadership of John Lauritzen, First National Bank became the first bank in the region and the fifth in the nation to issue credit cards. [2] In 1968, the bank was reorganized under the bank holding company, First National of Nebraska, Inc. In 1971, employees started moving into the 22-story First National Center. Attached to ...
Herman Kountze (August 21, 1833 – November 20, 1906) was a powerful and influential pioneer banker in Omaha, Nebraska, during the late 19th century.After organizing the Kountze Brothers Bank in 1857 as the second bank in Omaha, [1] Herman and his brothers Augustus, Charles and Luther changed the charter in 1863, opening the First National Bank of Omaha that year. [2]
In 1953, under the leadership of John Lauritzen, First National Bank became the first bank in the region and the fifth in the nation to issue credit cards. [3] In 1968, due to an investment in real estate not permitted under a straight banking charter, the bank reorganized as a subsidiary of the bank holding company, First National of Nebraska ...
Bruce R. Lauritzen was the chief executive officer of Lauritzen Corporation, as well as Chairman of First National of Nebraska, Inc., First National Bank of Omaha, and more than a dozen other banks and bank holding companies operating in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Texas until his death in February 2024. [9]
First National Bank of Omaha: 1857 [6] Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank. Forest Lawn Memorial Park: 1885 J.P. Cooke Company: 1887 Krug Brewery: 1848 Closed in 1987. Metro Area Transit: 1972 Metropolitan Utilities District: 1913 Metz Brewery: 1856 No longer functioning in Omaha. Mutual Benefit Life: 1845
More than 1,100 properties and districts in Nebraska are on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these, 20 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in 90 of the state's 93 counties. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 17, 2025. [1]
Governor Charles W. Bryan, a Democrat, was at first unwilling to request aid from the national government, but when the Federal Emergency Relief Act became law in 1933 Nebraska took part. Rowland Haynes, the state's emergency relief director, was the major force in implementing such national New Deal relief programs as the Federal Emergency ...
2008 Nebraska Legislature votes to move State Fair Park from Lincoln to Grand Island by 2010; the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is set to acquire the park after the move and convert it into Nebraska Innovation Campus. [50] 2010. Population is 258,379. The 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games are held in Lincoln during the month of July.