1892 Reclus print OMAHA, NEBRASKA, #54

Description: Reclus16_54 1892 Reclus print OMAHA, NEBRASKA, #54 Nice view titled Omaha - vue generale, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 26.5 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Omaha city, Nebraska, U.S., the port of entry and seat of Douglas county. Omaha is situated in the eastern part of the state and on the west bank of the Missouri River, opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was founded in 1854 in an area that had been visited by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804) on their exploratory journey to the Pacific coast and where the pioneer fur trader Manuel Lisa established a trading post during the War of 1812. A Utah-bound group of Mormons spent the winter of 1846–47 there at an encampment that they named Winter Quarters, later called Florence, and subsequently annexed by Omaha. Omaha, meaning “upstream people,” referring to the Omaha Indians, was established by Council Bluffs promoters who wanted the capital of the newly created Nebraska Territory to be located directly across the river, in part at least to influence the builders of the then-projected transcontinental railroad to lay their tracks through or near their own city. Omaha was indeed made the capital of the territory, and a few years later President Abraham Lincoln designated Council Bluffs as the eastern terminus of the first transcontinental railroad. As the actual starting point (1863) for the railroad (Union Pacific), Omaha soon became a focal point for trade and industry and grew rapidly during its early years, although the capital was moved to Lincoln soon after Nebraska became a state (1867). A succession of drought years following the great blizzard of 1888, together with the panic of 1893, halted population growth, but by 1914 the city had started to grow again. Several suburban communities, including South Omaha, site of the Union Stockyards, were annexed. Offutt Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command, is at nearby Bellevue. Omaha's basic economy depends on activities connected with agriculture. The city is the largest livestock market and meat-packing centre in the world, and it buys and sells much of the grain produced in the United States. It continues to be one of the largest railroad centres in the United States. It also has a large number of insurance companies. Omaha's other industries include such processing concerns as oil refining and lead smelting, as well as the manufacture of railroad, telephone, and farm equipment and of valves and pumps. Omaha's educational institutions include the University of Nebraska at Omaha (1908), Creighton University (Roman Catholic; 1878), the University of Nebraska Medical Center (1881), the Roman Catholic women's College of St. Mary (1923), Grace University (1943), and Metropolitan Community College (1974). The Joslyn Art Museum in the city houses a collection ranging from ancient times to the present. Fontenelle Forest, the largest unbroken native forest in the state, is to the south. Boys Town, a village dedicated to homeless boys, is 10 miles (16 km) west. Pop. (1991 est.) city, 338,987; Omaha MSA, 623,840.

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