![Omaha stockyards. Cattle pens, railroad tracks, and worker neighborhood.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelomaha/crop16_9/34800B08-FE72-98E1-A431823D20FBEF2B.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Commerce: The Magic City
Omaha became a commercial hub as American migration into the Great Plains boomed in the decades following the Civil War.
![Pokrok Zapadu. Front page of 1875 Czech newspaper](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelomaha/crop16_9/D8352CA4-AF1B-57BC-5EA2C38D9117F2D1.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Diversity: City of Many Cultures
Pokrok Zapadu. Front page of 1875 Czech newspaper
![Color postcard of courthouse. Six stories, pediments, columns, arched entrance, many windows.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelomaha/crop16_9/93276C18-B1DD-FE36-298B019AB2B84684.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Growth: From Frontier Town to Metropolis
Omaha rapidly grew from a frontier launching-point to a sophisticated city with many of the attractions and amenities of a large cities.
![Two-story front gable houses, frame, front porches.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelomaha/crop16_9/93C9F610-E503-7B3B-13AA1D59D3FB33F4.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Neighborhoods: Dwellings of Omaha
Omaha's growth created new neighborhoods and annexing existing ones. Many reflect the architecture and transportation methods of their eras.
![Art-deco train station. Large vertical windows lit up. Fronted by parking area.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelomaha/crop16_9/940FED7A-90D5-575F-5D053083382B7FA1.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Transportation: Gate City to the West
Omaha reflects the evolution of transportation from early overland trails, the expansion of railroads, to the creation Lincoln Highway.
Last updated: April 14, 2023