Historic Omaha
An illustrated history of Omaha and the Douglas County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of Omaha and the Douglas County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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Right: Businesswoman Genevieve Sautter<br />
opened a grocery store at Tenth and<br />
Bancroft in 1910.<br />
COURTESY OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL<br />
SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.<br />
Below: <strong>Omaha</strong> Women’s Club planting the<br />
first tree on the House of Hope grounds at<br />
Florence, Nebraska, on Arbor Day, April<br />
21, 1917.<br />
COURTESY OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL<br />
SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.<br />
orphanage, was directly in the path of the<br />
storm. The staff hurried to save as many of the<br />
35 children as they could, but once the storm<br />
had passed, they counted only 32. They<br />
discovered three infants had been blown out<br />
of a window. The crushed body of one was<br />
found 40 feet away, while another was found<br />
more than 100 yards away. Miraculously, the<br />
third infant was found dangling just below the<br />
open window, her nightgown caught on a<br />
protruding nail.<br />
Despite the shock and the horror,<br />
<strong>Omaha</strong>ns proved resilient. They poured into<br />
the streets to help their neighbors and raised<br />
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