1898 Trans Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha Nebraska

.;?". )>n0nM The story of the 1899 Trans Mississippi and International Exposition held in Omaha at Kountze Park.  

Apparently Buffalo Bill's Wild West show performed twice in Omaha.  First in 1883.  Then as part of the Exposition in 1898.  So many people want to attend that they had to find a larger venue. 

Built with temporary buildings and a large four block lagoon the area of the world's fair covered 112 square blocks.  It included peace exhibit after the Spanish American War, Native American encampment with dances and song and displays of new technology including x-ray.  The area was used again the next year for the Great American Exposition which high lights the U.S. acquiring the Philippines as a territory.

The Grand Court was only two blacks wide centered on the current location of Kountze Park.  It included a 2000 meter lagoon.  It ran east to west.  The Kountze family donated much of the land with the stipulation that part of the land be used for a park.

Grand Court was seven buildings surrounding a lagoon.