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Curios and Relics

Vehicles

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JOSLYN ART MUSEUM — 22nd and Dodge Streets
A $4 million museum, second in per capita attendance in
the nation . . . tours arranged.

OMAHA GRAIN EXCHANGE — 19th and Harney Streets

One of the nation's leading grain markets.
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY — 19th and Harney Streets

Houses nearly 250,000 books, a complete assortment of
pamphlets, periodicals and newspapers.

MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM — 17th Street at Capital Ave.

A new, $7 million building, offering attractive accomoda-
tions for concerts, conventions, stage productions and other
events.

UNION STATION — lOlh and Marcy Streets

Thousands of travelers pass through this modern terminal
each day.

UNION STOCK YARDS AND LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE
BUILDING — 29th and O Streets

More than 100 acres of buildings and paved pens and
alleys comprise this world-famed center of Omaha's great
livestock industry.

HEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND
10 miles south on U. S. 275

Also the home of the Missile Guidance Control Center.

RIVERVIEW PARK AND ZOO
13th Street and Deer Park Blvd.

Picnic grounds, playgrounds, a large lagoon and a new
zoo.

LEVI CARTER PARK
North on 16th Street and east on Locust Street

Another "summer playground" offering picnic areas,
facilities for boating and fishing.

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL
Dodge Street and Happy Hollow Blvd.

A half-million dollar memorial dedicated to the men and
women who gave their lives in service during World War II.

AK-SAR-BEN FIELD AND COLISEUM
63rd and Shirley Streets

Site of the annual racing meet and other events, Ak-Sar-Ben
is one of the nation's largest and most active civic organiza-
tions.

BOYS TOWN

1 1 miles west of Omaha on Dodge Street — Highway 30

Father Flanagan's world-famous home for boys, a thriving
community within itself. Guides on duty.

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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN . . .

Pride of the museum's priceless collection is the
display honoring President Abraham Lincoln who,
in 1 862, signed into law a bill creating the Union
Pacific Railroad and authorizing that company to
build what was to be the nation's first transconti-
nental railroad and telegraph line.

Within the museum, the Lincolniana display is
considered one of the most complete in the country.
A large portion of one wall of the room is entirely
taken up by portraits and personal papers of the
Civil War president. Among the photographs is
one of three known to bear his autograph.

The most prized original docu-
ment is an executive order which
appointed Springer Harbaugh
director of the railroad on the
part of the government in
October, 1863. This particular
document is one of the few which
he signed "Abraham Lincoln"
rather than "A. Lincoln" which
became his familiar signature.

In 186 4 a private railroad -car
was built for the president but
Lincoln was unable to use it while he lived. This car
was then to become his funeral car and a replica
of it is another of the Lincoln items on display.

Many of the original furnishing from that car are
numbered in the Lincoln collection — a walnut
desk, bookcase, a reclining chair, a portion of
the silver service, a mirror, four oil paintings
and two davenports, one extra long
for the president and capable of
being converted into a bed.

These items occupied space in Pres. Lincoln's car

Pres. Lincoln's
Funeral Cor

INDIANS...

AN INTEGRAL PART

Like brothers under the same coat,
the story of the American Indian
goes along with the construction of
the nation's Western railroad.

Among the museum's more bizarre
items preserved to keep the Indian
legend alive is a Shoshone Indian
headdress made of wild turkey
feathers which trailed to the wearer's
ankles. This headdress does not
appear unusual until close inspection
reveals that each feather is deco-
rated with a tuft of human hair.

Tomahawks, bows and arrows and
many items of Indian clothing make
up a sizeable display. Each of the
articles has a story behind it.

THE OUTLAW PERIOD ...

Synonomous with the difficulties early construction
gangs had with the Indians were the string of lesser
battles waged against the infamous Western outlaw.
The museum has an excellent representation of grim
momentoes from that period.

A gun owned by Tom Horn, the "Wyoming Man
Killer," and a piece of the rope with
which he was hanged tell of the
violence surrounding his life.

Another case holds the leg irons used
to shackle "Big Nose George" Par-
rott, another Wyoming desperado,
and the top half of his skull. Parrott
was executed in frontier fashion for
the attempted robbery of a Union
Pacific train and the slaying of two
posse members who pursued him.

Lesser known criminals are repre-
sented by one case that is filled with
deadly weapons, all removed from
criminals by Union Pacific special
agents.

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