Top 10. Best Tourist Attractions In Cedar Rapids - Iowa
Top 10. Best Tourist Attractions In Cedar Rapids - Iowa: National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library, Brucemore, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa Masonic Library and Museum, Czech Village New Bohemia District, Paramount theater, NewBo City Market, Indian Creek Nature Center, African American Museum of Iowa, Ushers Ferry Historic Village
Czech Village - Cedar Rapids, IA
A synopsis of Czech Village in Cedar Rapids, IA and the commercial real estate listing at 41 16th Avenue SW with Craig Byers and Steve Shriver.
Best Attractions & Things to do in Cedar Rapids, Iowa IA
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List of Best Things to do in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (IA)
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Brucemore
Czech Village / New Bohemia District
NewBo City Market
Paramount theater
Indian Creek Nature Center
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Grant Wood Studio
Cedar River
New Bohemia (NewBo) | Cedar Rapids Gazette
This is a short documentary piece about the Newbo district of Cedar Rapids. The film was produced for the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Sam Fathallah 2013
samfathallah.com
New Uses for Old Buildings
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CBS2/FOX28) Almost six years ago, flood waters ruined much of downtown Cedar Rapids. The Citys voluntary acquisition program helped to renovate thousands of destroyed properties. Now, the city is working with individual people to help clean up some of the remaining land.Just south of the New Bohemia District is a house with a heart.The city owns it now but soon itll be Beth DeBooms. She hopes to eventually renovate the building and open a shop on the first floor.My family is originally from this neighborhood so I remember what it looked like, said DeBoom, the President of Save Cedar Rapids Heritage.Unfortunately after the floods, we lost a lot of those residential properties so these few that are remaining are very important to us, said the Executive Director of the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District Jennifer Pruden.Beth says without the work that she and Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District have done, the historical structure likely would have been demolished.It's like a scarred battlefield right now. But I know what it looked like before and I know what it can look like again, said DeBoom.But it takes the kind of tender loving care that only a private developer can provide. When the city gets involved, it often has no choice but to tear these buildings down.In those cases, the vast majority of those cases, the structures we've purchased, we've demolished, said the Executive Administrator for Development Services in Cedar Rapids Joe OHern.But when private developers step in, it can mean a preserved building that is able to contribute to property taxes, and we have another asset in the community, so we really do like to see that happen, said OHern.But it doesnt happen without people like Beth taking the first step.I'm a writer by profession but right now I'm a developer, I'm developing a property, I'll be carpenter, and then I'll be a shop owner, said DeBoom.Beth says her plan is to open an architectural salvage shop that will have household materials for sale. She hopes to open in November.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids /ˈsiːdər ˈræpɨdz/ is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 100 miles (160 km) east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. Until massive flooding in 2008, the city's government was headquartered in the Veterans Memorial Building, near the Linn County Courthouse and jail on Mays Island in the Cedar River; Cedar Rapids was one of a few cities in the world, along with Paris, France, with governmental offices on a municipal island.
A flourishing center for arts and culture in Eastern Iowa, the city is home to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, the Paramount Theatre, Theatre Cedar Rapids, the African-American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa, and the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance. Cedar Rapids is an economic hub of the state, located in the core of the Interstate 380 Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Technology Corridor of Linn, Benton, Jones, Johnson, and Washington counties. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 126,326.
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Marion (Iowa) High School Drumline at the Cedar Rapids NewBo/Czech Halloween Parade 10/26/2019
Marion High School Drumline, with Alan Kiser, performing in the 2019 Cedar Rapids NewBo/Czech Halloween Parade. 10/26/2019. Lights on loan from the Iowa Music & Arts Association. Thank you to the students, parent volunteers, bus driver, and all who showed up to watch the parade who cheered for us.
Hach Building Scheduled for Demolition
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CBS2/FOX28) - While parts of the city is finding new places to build, other people in Cedar Rapids are trying to keep old structures standing. After the 2008 flood, many buildings along the Cedar River were beyond repair. For some that stayed standing, renovation has been a long process.
As you cross the 16th Avenue bridge, turning the Czech Village into the New Bohemia District, the first thing you see, just off to the left, is the Hach Building.
Once upon a time, for a street that used to be a main patch to the Sinclair factories, it was one of the first welcoming signs to downtown Cedar Rapids from the farmland to the west.
This has functioned as a very significant gateway structure, said Cedar Rapids Historian Mark Stoffer Hunter. You come across the bridge from the west side and this is very prominently in view, and you know you're in a special place.
That Hach building is as visible now as it was nearly a century ago, when it operated as a bar.
Used to go down there and have a beer, and that was just after prohibition, said the building's current owner, Leon Tunnie Melsha.
Tunnie and his wife bought the building right after the flood, paying just about $35,000 for it. They're the same people who fixed up the Little Bohemia bar just down the street. But now, they say they're out of the restoration business, and they plan to tear down the Hach Building within the month, possibly as soon as next week.
I don't think there was much in that thing, said Tunnie. I don't know.
The Melshas say it would take too much money to fix up, and that it's better off as an open lot. Beth DeBoom from Save CR Heritage disagrees.
We have had all of our experts look at the structure, said DeBoom. It's good.
She says they were able to put together an offer for $80,000 that the Melshas turned down. Tunnie says when he originally bought it, he thought he would use it.
And we thought maybe someday we'd have an office down there, said Tunnie.
With time, Tunnie got sick and that project made less sense. But with Little Bohemia down the street, they say knocking the Hach Building down means one less potential competitor. That was part of the reason they bought it in the first place.
Beth says it's frustrating.
We were able to find a person, or development group who would write a check for the building, said DeBoom. Not sure what else you can do.
Both Stoffer Hunter and DeBoom say barring a last-second and drastic change of heart by the Melshas, that the building will likely be torn down by the middle of the month.
Their focus has shifted to the name plate on the top of the building. It has P. Hach along the top, standing for the original business owner, Peter Hach, who ran a bottling company and bar out of the building below. It also has 1901, the year the building was built.
Stoffer Hunter says it's important to save that name plate because it is the only one remaining in the city. He says it is reminiscent of a time when 14th Avenue Southeast was a main passage way for farmers to bring their animals to the Sinclair factories. The name plate was a source of pride for business owners, tying their name to their buildings permanently.
Other buildings on 14th Avenue have the same corner-entrance architecture, above which the name plates were constructed. Stoffer Hunter says with time and renovations over the years, the plates have been damaged or removed.
The city requires that the Hach building be demolished before May 29th. Some say it will be taken down as soon as Monday, May 12.
Rising Above: The National Czech and Slovak Museum
This is a powerful story about the immigrant experience, a city with strong roots in the Czech and Slovak traditions, a people and a culture who have persevered, a community proud of its heritage, and a museum that was literally lifted out of the devastating flood of 2008 into a stronger existence and presence not only within Cedar Rapids and the United States, but also internationally.
Art You Can See in a Day - Czech and Slovak Museum
Dec 2013
Shelby Novak
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
World Columbian Exposition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:24 1 Planning and organization
00:08:53 2 Description
00:10:41 3 Attractions
00:15:07 3.1 Anthropology
00:15:44 3.2 Rail
00:17:12 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:18:55 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:20:18 3.5 Religions
00:20:59 3.6 Moving walkway
00:21:25 3.7 Horticulture
00:21:43 4 Architecture
00:21:52 4.1 White City
00:24:15 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:25:41 4.3 Great Buildings
00:27:01 4.4 Transportation Building
00:28:33 4.5 Surviving structures
00:31:30 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:31:40 5 Visitors
00:33:36 6 Souvenirs
00:34:18 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:35:36 8 Electricity at the fair
00:40:18 9 Music at the fair
00:40:28 9.1 Musicians
00:41:26 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:44:26 10 Art at the fair
00:44:36 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:44:46 10.1.1 Painters
00:44:55 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:45:05 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:46:06 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:46:17 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:47:04 12.1 Concepts
00:47:32 12.2 Commemorations
00:48:39 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:49:37 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:49:58 12.5 Organizations
00:50:22 12.6 Performances
00:53:15 13 Later years
00:54:17 14 See also
00:56:34 14.1 Media about the fair
00:56:46 15 References and notes
00:56:56 16 Further reading
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
1893 Chicago World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:41 1 Planning and organization
00:09:37 2 Description
00:11:32 3 Attractions
00:16:18 3.1 Anthropology
00:16:57 3.2 Rail
00:18:32 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:20:21 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:21:48 3.5 Religions
00:22:32 3.6 Moving walkway
00:22:59 3.7 Horticulture
00:23:18 4 Architecture
00:23:27 4.1 White City
00:26:00 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:27:30 4.3 Great Buildings
00:28:55 4.4 Transportation Building
00:30:32 4.5 Surviving structures
00:33:44 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:33:54 5 Visitors
00:35:58 6 Souvenirs
00:36:42 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:38:05 8 Electricity at the fair
00:43:06 9 Music at the fair
00:43:16 9.1 Musicians
00:44:18 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:47:29 10 Art at the fair
00:47:39 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:47:49 10.1.1 Painters
00:47:57 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:48:07 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:49:12 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:49:23 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:50:14 12.1 Concepts
00:50:41 12.2 Commemorations
00:51:53 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:52:56 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:53:17 12.5 Organizations
00:53:41 12.6 Performances
00:56:44 13 Later years
00:57:50 14 See also
01:00:16 14.1 Media about the fair
01:00:28 15 References and notes
01:00:38 16 Further reading
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Speaking Rate: 0.8104412634210435
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
World's Columbian Exposition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:03 1 Planning and organization
00:08:01 2 Description
00:09:41 3 Attractions
00:13:42 3.1 Anthropology
00:14:17 3.2 Rail
00:15:38 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:17:12 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:18:27 3.5 Religions
00:19:06 3.6 Moving walkway
00:19:29 3.7 Horticulture
00:19:47 4 Architecture
00:19:56 4.1 White City
00:22:05 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:23:24 4.3 Great Buildings
00:24:35 4.4 Transportation Building
00:25:58 4.5 Surviving structures
00:28:39 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:28:49 5 Visitors
00:30:35 6 Souvenirs
00:31:15 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:32:25 8 Electricity at the fair
00:36:36 9 Music at the fair
00:36:46 9.1 Musicians
00:37:39 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:40:22 10 Art at the fair
00:40:31 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:40:41 10.1.1 Painters
00:40:49 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:40:59 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:41:55 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:42:06 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:42:50 12.1 Concepts
00:43:15 12.2 Commemorations
00:44:17 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:45:08 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:45:28 12.5 Organizations
00:45:50 12.6 Performances
00:48:27 13 Later years
00:49:23 14 See also
00:51:26 14.1 Media about the fair
00:51:38 15 References and notes
00:51:47 16 Further reading
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Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
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- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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Speaking Rate: 0.89658975324587
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-A
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as C ...
World's Columbian Exhibition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:54 1 Planning and organization
00:07:27 2 Description
00:08:58 3 Attractions
00:12:39 3.1 Anthropology
00:13:10 3.2 Rail
00:14:25 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:15:50 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:17:00 3.5 Religions
00:17:35 3.6 Moving walkway
00:17:57 3.7 Horticulture
00:18:13 4 Architecture
00:18:21 4.1 White City
00:20:20 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:21:33 4.3 Great Buildings
00:22:39 4.4 Transportation Building
00:23:56 4.5 Surviving structures
00:26:28 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:26:37 5 Visitors
00:28:14 6 Souvenirs
00:28:50 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:29:53 8 Electricity at the fair
00:33:43 9 Music at the fair
00:33:52 9.1 Musicians
00:34:42 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:37:10 10 Art at the fair
00:37:19 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:37:28 10.1.1 Painters
00:37:35 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:37:44 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:38:36 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:38:46 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:39:26 12.1 Concepts
00:39:50 12.2 Commemorations
00:40:47 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:41:35 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:41:53 12.5 Organizations
00:42:13 12.6 Performances
00:44:41 13 Later years
00:45:34 14 See also
00:47:30 14.1 Media about the fair
00:47:41 15 References and notes
00:47:50 16 Further reading
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Speaking Rate: 0.9517419079661632
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
Omaha, Nebraska | Wikipedia audio article
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Omaha, Nebraska
00:05:23 1 History
00:07:22 1.1 Pioneer Omaha
00:09:34 1.2 19th century
00:13:22 1.3 20th century
00:20:48 1.4 21st century
00:23:36 2 Geography
00:26:46 2.1 Neighborhoods
00:28:34 2.2 Landmark preservation
00:30:06 2.3 Climate
00:31:49 3 Demographics
00:31:58 3.1 2010 census
00:34:21 3.2 2000 census
00:36:08 3.3 People
00:43:07 3.4 Latinos in Omaha
00:43:17 4 Economy
00:44:58 4.1 Top employers
00:45:12 4.2 Tourism
00:46:37 5 Culture
00:48:05 5.1 Henry Doorly Zoo
00:48:41 5.2 Old Market
00:50:16 5.3 Music
00:53:18 5.4 Popular culture
00:55:56 6 Sports and recreation
00:59:09 6.1 Recreation
01:00:32 7 Government and politics
01:03:20 7.1 Crime
01:05:37 8 Education
01:08:21 9 Media
01:09:48 10 Infrastructure
01:11:42 10.1 Transportation
01:15:55 11 Notable people
01:16:04 12 Sister cities
01:16:33 13 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Omaha ( OH-mə-hah) is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which includes Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. According to the 2010 census, Omaha's population was 408,958, having increased to 466,893 as of the 2017 estimate. This makes Omaha the nation's 40th-largest city. Including its suburbs, Omaha formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2013, with an estimated population of 895,151 residing in eight counties. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, Nebraska-IA Combined Statistical Area is 931,667, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2013 estimate. Nearly 1.3 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, comprising a 50 miles (80 kilometers) radius of Downtown Omaha, the city's center.
Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the Gateway to the West. Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the 19th century, Omaha's central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub. Throughout the rest of the 19th century, the transportation and jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads and breweries. In the 20th century, the Omaha Stockyards, once the world's largest, and its meatpacking plants gained international prominence.
Today, Omaha is the home to the headquarters of four Fortune 500 companies: mega-conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway; one of the world's largest construction companies, Kiewit Corporation; insurance and financial firm Mutual of Omaha; and the United States' largest railroad operator, Union Pacific Corporation. Berkshire Hathaway is headed by local investor Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in the world, according to a decade's worth of Forbes Magazine rankings, some of which have ranked him as high as No. 1. Omaha is also the home to five Fortune 1000 headquarters: Green Plains Renewable Energy, TD Ameritrade, Valmont Industries, Werner Enterprises, and West Corporation. Also headquartered in Omaha are First National Bank of Omaha, the largest privately held bank in the United States; three of the nation's largest 10 architecture/engineering firms: DLR Group, HDR, Inc., and Leo A Daly; the Gallup Organization, of Gallup Poll fame; and its riverfront Gallup University. Enron began in Omaha as Northern Natural Gas in 1930, before taking over a smaller Houston company in 1985 to form InterNorth, which Kenneth Lay moved permanently to Houston, in 1987. First Data, another Fortune 500 company, was founded in Omaha in 1971 and headquartered there until the late 90's. ConAgra Brand ...