Other Exhibits at the Great Plains History Museum

 Elsewhere I have posted about the art at the museum and the "Green Book."  I also wrote about Will Brown who was lynched and shared pictures from the museum.  I also shared a post about North Omaha sports stars as presented at the museum.  

This museum also deals with other themes.  This includes stereotyping of African Americans, the Klu Klux Klan, Buffalo Soldiers, Malcolm X, Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star, the naval war hero Charles Jackson French and Guitarist, George Walker.

Native American Artifacts at Fontenelle Forest Lodge

 In addition to the earth lodge outside of the Fontenelle lodge, there is a display case of Native American artifacts in the lodge.  I especially like the awl and fish hook made of bone.

History of Kingman as per the Route 66 Museum

The Kingman area was part of a series of Native American Trails which facilitated travel and trade.  

The Beale Trail ran through the Kingman area as a route traveling east to west to California.  The city of Kingman came into existence after Lewis Kingman, working for the railroad, established a station in Kingman.  

With the coming of the railroad came a train station and a Harvey Restaurant with Harvey Girls.

Route 66 was established in 1926.  The route extended from Chicago to Los Angeles.  It was important in the transoort of thousands during the depression who fled land devastated by dust storms.  

 Charles Lindbergh about this time came to Kingman, establishing a string of airports across the United States.  This was part of Trans World Airlines as well as setting up mail service.  

How Kingman may have looked at this time.

During WWII Kingman and the Army Air Field were central to the war effort.

A tragic even in the 1970s was a fire in Kingman which killed twelve people.

More recently another fire took lives in Arizona.

Book Review: Images of America: Omaha's Historic Houses of Worship

 Images of America: Omaha's Historic Houses of Worship by Eileen Wirth PhD and Carole McCabe, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2014.

If you wanted to explore churches in Omaha, past and present, this is a very good reference book.  Church history very much mirrors ethnic history.  Omaha has a history of many different ethnic groups. and often each ethnic group had their own church.  Catholic churches are often divided this way.  

This book starts with the presence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Omaha area, Winter Quarters before Omaha was even a city.  They established the first European city in Winter Quarters,  The built a communal mill, and many passed away due to illness, cold and poor diet.  

The book then moves on to talk about the coming of Omaha ten years later further south along the Missouri.  Omaha had a very roudy history, but religion and churches helped to stabilize the population.

As I noted, many pictures of churches in Omaha.  It includes new churches and new religions as well as old.  

The Green Book: As per the Great Plains Black History Museum

 There were areas of Omaha where Blacks were not welcome.  The Green Book gave information about where they were welcome.  Written by Victor Hugo Green it informed where blacks could find a hotel or oter amenities throughout the country.