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North Omaha is generally defined as the area north of Dodge Street, east of North 72nd, west of the Missouri River and south of I-680. It is the historic heart of Omaha's African American community, and was originally the city's melting pot where German, Italian, Jewish and Irish immigrants lived next door to each other. The community's economic, social and cultural heart was destroyed during a series of riots that ravaged the North 24th Street corridor in the 1960s. Since then it has struggled to recover.

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The Saratoga neighborhood of North Omaha was once the town of Saratoga Springs, and was one of the first towns in Nebraska Territory. It was a boom and bust town founded in 1856 that thrived for approximately one year. During its short reign of influence the town quickly grew, outpacing all other local settlements... read more

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Docks at Dodge Park in far North Omaha.

Buddy Miles, North Omaha native blues hero.

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...that Fontenelle Park was purchased by the city in 1891 for $90,000?
...that Omaha North High School has over 1200 networked computers?
...that Native Omaha Days has been held since 1976?
...that the Near North Side is the historical heart of Omaha's African American community?

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Florence School (Tucker & N. 31st)
Fontenelle School (Spaulding & N. 53rd)
Franklin School (Franklin & N. 36th)
Holy Angels School (near Fowler & N. 28th)
Hope School (Corby & N. 30th)
Kellom School (Nicholas & N. 24th)
Kennedy School (Binney & N. 30th) - May also be known as Howard Kennedy School^[1]
Lake School - Located at 2410 North 19th Street, at the corners of 20th Street and Willis Avenue, Lake School was erected in 1888. It evolved from an earlier frame schoolhouse opened in 1879, making Lake School one of the oldest schools in the Omaha School District. The school's first principal Miss Emma Whitmore, who locked the names of the first graduates in a metal box, and had them buried beneath a new tree at the school. The key was then attached by ribbon to a pigeon released to an unknown destination^[2] The school became known as one of the city's "black schools" from the 1920s through the 1980s. The school is still occupied by a predominately African American student body.
Long School (Franklin & N. 26th)
Lothrop School (Lothrop & N. 22nd)
Miller Park School (Ellison & N. 27th)
Minnie Lusa School (Ida & N. 28th)
Monmouth Park School
Monroe School (Bedford & N. 52nd)
Sacred Heart High School (Locust & N. 21st)
Saint Pauls School (Pinckney & N. 26th)
Saratoga School - Located at Meridith Avenue & N. 25th Street, Saratoga School was started in 1866 by local citizens. The one room schoolhouse was one of the first public schools in Nebraska, and perhaps the first in the Omaha area.^[3]
Saunders School (Chicago & N. 31st)
St Philip Neri
Beechwood neighborhood
Music in North Omaha, Nebraska
Stone Cold Picnic
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wesley House
Danish Vennelyst Park (Omaha, Nebraska)
Boyd Park (Omaha, Nebraska)
Fontenelle Park (Omaha, Nebraska)
Adams Park (Omaha, Nebraska)
Benson Park (Omaha, Nebraska)
Memorial Park (Omaha, Nebraska)
St. Louis Missouri Fur Trading Company
Citizens Civic Committee for Civil Liberties
Frank Brown (Omaha, Nebraska)
Florence Ferry Tollhouse

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