North Omaha History Podcast, Omaha History, South Omaha History Adam Fletcher Sasse

Through exhaustive research and determined learning, Adam has compiled what some have called the most extensive collection of writing on Omaha’s Black history. In today’s episode he is going to introduce some of the most important people, places and events in Omaha’s African American history starting long before the city of Omaha was founded and continuing all the way to today.



Our thanks to our patrons:

Tony Rathgeber

Don Goodrich

Bridget Maryalice

Matt Martin

Michael Wagner

Joseph Tingley

Sarah Swanson

Wattle and Daub Craftsman

Jeff Rockwell

Barb Naughtin

Lonnie (Hansen) Dunbier

Tim Reeder

Jenna Smith

Dan Hedrick

Daniel Ammons

Sara Rogers

Troy Lewellen

Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh

Jay Flaunts His Ignorance

Jim Collison

And

The Great Plains Black History Museum.

The North Omaha History podcast is a volunteer effort, but you can help us meet expenses by becoming a patron for as little as $1 a month. Go to https://www.patreon.com/omaha

Learning About East Omaha’s Past — As the city of Omaha and real estate developers consider demolishing a historic neighborhood in East Omaha, Adam shares the history of the area, which includes everything from North 14th Street to the river, from Locust Street to the OPPD power plant. In this episode we learn about old towns and roadhouses, more than one airport, the truck farms that used to fill the area and some of the neighborhoods that stubbornly keep existing right now.



Our thanks to our patrons:

Tony Rathgeber

Don Goodrich

Bridget Maryalice

Kimberly Davlin

Matt Martin

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Michael Wagner

Joseph Tingley

Sarah Swanson

Wattle and Daub Craftsman

Jeff Rockwell

Gene E Pafford

Barb Naughtin

Lonnie (Hansen) Dunbier

Paul Feilmann

Tim Reeder

Mike Schill

Jenna Smith

Dan Hedrick

Carl Jackson

Kelsey Tarrell

Richard Gude

Daniel Ammons

Jack Rainier Pryor

Linda Williams

Joni Coniglio

Sara Rogers

Terry Osborn

Troy Lewellen

Mike Schill

Abby Heithoff

Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh

Jody Lovallo

Jay Flaunts His Ignorance

Raggedy Amy

Ian Snyder

Lori Schwartz

Wanda Lewis

Jim Collison

Linda Williams

And

The Great Plains Black History Museum.

The North Omaha History podcast is a volunteer effort, but you can help us meet expenses by becoming a patron for as little as $1 a month. Go to https://www.patreon.com/omaha

The Biggest Events in North Omaha History — For more than 10,000 years, the area that forms today’s North Omaha has been hopping with events of all kinds! In today’s episode we’ll do an overview of those events, including the organized and formal events as well as the informal times that carved out the community’s cult



Our thanks to our patrons:

Tony Rathgeber

Don Goodrich

Bridget Maryalice

Matt Martin

Michael Wagner

Joseph Tingley

Sarah Swanson

Wattle and Daub Craftsman

Jeff Rockwell

Barb Naughtin

Lonnie (Hansen) Dunbier

Tim Reeder

Jenna Smith

Dan Hedrick

Richard Gude

Daniel Ammons

Sara Rogers

Troy Lewellen

Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh

Kristine Gerber

Jay Flaunts His Ignorance

Jim Collison

And

The Great Plains Black History Museum.

The North Omaha History podcast is a volunteer effort, but you can help us meet expenses by becoming a patron for as little as $1 a month. Go to https://www.patreon.com/omaha

History of Mob Violence in Omaha — From deep labor divisions to white supremacists, Omaha has a long history of mob violence. Adam shares what some of these battles were, who was in them and who was terrorized by them, and how they affect the city still.



Our thanks to our patrons:

Tony Rathgeber

Don Goodrich

Bridget Maryalice

Matt Martin

Michael Wagner

Joseph Tingley

Sarah Swanson

Wattle and Daub Craftsman

Jeff Rockwell

Barb Naughtin

Lonnie (Hansen) Dunbier

Tim Reeder

Jenna Smith

Dan Hedrick

Richard Gude

Daniel Ammons

Sara Rogers

Troy Lewellen

Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh

Kristine Gerber

Jay Flaunts His Ignorance

Jim Collison

And

The Great Plains Black History Museum.

The North Omaha History podcast is a volunteer effort, but you can help us meet expenses by becoming a patron for as little as $1 a month. Go to https://www.patreon.com/omaha

When middle and upper class people decided to build their fine homes and mansions in the Kountze Place neighborhood, they brought their churches with them. In this episode Adam shares the denominations, the buildings and the legacies of the dozen historic churches in the neighborhood still today.



Our thanks to our patrons:

Tony Rathgeber

Don Goodrich

Bridget Maryalice

Matt Martin

Michael Wagner

Joseph Tingley

Sarah Swanson

Wattle and Daub Craftsman

Jeff Rockwell

Barb Naughtin

Lonnie (Hansen) Dunbier

Tim Reeder

Jenna Smith

Dan Hedrick

Richard Gude

Daniel Ammons

Sara Rogers

Troy Lewellen

Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh

Kristine Gerber

Jay Flaunts His Ignorance

Jim Collison

And

The Great Plains Black History Museum.

The North Omaha History podcast is a volunteer effort, but you can help us meet expenses by becoming a patron for as little as $1 a month. Go to https://www.patreon.com/omaha

From the rolling prairie savannas and the deforested Ponca Hills of the 1850s, to urban giants and annihilated heritage trees, North Omaha has a long history of different nature In this episode Adam will explore the Florence bench, lost waterways, giant prairies and more that still define the history of nature in the community.



Our thanks to our patrons:

Don Goodrich

Bridget Maryalice

Kimberly Davlin

Matt Martin

Michael Wagner

Joseph Tingley

Sarah Swanson

Wattle and Daub Craftsman

Jeff Rockwell

Barb Naughtin

Lonnie (Hansen) Dunbier

Paul Feilmann

Tim Reeder

Jenna Smith

Dan Hedrick

Richard Gude

Daniel Ammons

Sara Rogers

Troy Lewellen

Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh

Kristine Gerber

Jay Flaunts His Ignorance

Jim Collison

And

The Great Plains Black History Museum.

The North Omaha History podcast is a volunteer effort, but you can help us meet expenses by becoming a patron for as little as $1 a month. Go to https://www.patreon.com/omaha