In Omaha's suburbs of 1880s, failed factory town of Mascotte could have used a lucky charm Stu Pospisil World-Herald Staff Writer May 23, 2021 May 23, 2021 Updated Feb 16, 2024 0 The southern edge of Mascotte was roughly where the Union Pacific built its Lane Cut-Off across the Papio Creek valley in 1906. Douglas County Historical Society. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Stu Pospisil World-Herald Staff Writer kAm‘|2D4@EE6” >62?D =F4<J 492C> :? uC6?49] xE H2D A@AF=2C:K65 3J E96 563FE @7 E96 4@>:4 @A6C2 “{2 |2D4@EE6” :? `gg`] “|2D4@E” 6?E6C65 E96 t?8=:D9 =6I:4@? 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In 1890s Omaha, 'No Man's Land' was one of the oddest places in Douglas County Clontarf never was incorporated as a village, but functioned like one and wielded political clout larger than its 47 acres. There was a lawles…
Omaha history: The demise of Dead Man's Curve, McArdle Mill and the Arch where lovers kissed West Dodge Road has been rebuilt over and over. And along the way, the Old Mill area has lost its mill, its hazardous Dead Man’s Curve and the…
