Railroads Transportation in Omaha



george francis train, omaha promoter , land owner.



in 1863, ground broke near miller s landing on missouri river first transcontinental railroad. along local financier edward creighton, george francis train promoter responsible city landing railroad. made rich convenient placement near land owned (near deer park. union pacific railroad has been headquartered in omaha since inception in 1867. in 1872, union pacific opened first [railroad] bridge across missouri omaha.








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