150 Years ago Today

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Brad
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150 Years ago Today

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150 Years ago Today the first Union Pacific Train left Omaha heading West. It made it almost to Papillion before returning to Omaha.

Here is a section for that days newspaper article:
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Re: 150 Years ago Today

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Very cool, thanks for posting Brad. I am sure that it was all wide open at that time. There would have been very little outside of downtown Omaha.