Train Town and Train School in Omaha: George Francis Train

 George Francis Train was an entrepreneur.  He bought a large tract of land by the Union Pacific Rail Station thinking people would like to live close to the station.  He put many prefabricated cottages on the land and sold them.  This is now known as the Credit Foncier Addition named for the finance company that platted the land.  It was also called Train Town.  It extended from the river to 20th street and the current freeway to downtown.  Train made himself wealthy with this plan,but he eventually left the area and creditors foreclosed on his remaining properties.

Train Elementary on 6th street was close to the heart of the community

George4 Francis Train was an interesting man.  He had become rich before coming to the United States in transportation lines, including ship, train and trams.  He worked with the Union Pacific.  During his oifetime he would circumnavigate the globe three times.  He claimed he was th insiration for Phileas Fogg, fictional character of Jules Verne.  Train circumnavigated the globe in 67 days, and then 60 days.  He was one of the most famous people in America.  However when he passed in 1902 he was living in a shack in New York.