TRACKING OMAHA’S PAST

Though Omaha’s Union Station closed to rail passengers in 1971, four years later it reopened its doors—this time to museumgoers. Nearly a half century later what was once a modest archive has grown into the Durham Museum, showcasing the history of Omaha and environs with 124,000 square feet of exhibit space.

Founded by an act of Congress in 1862, the Union Pacific Railroad broke ground in Omaha a year later on what would become the world’s first transcontinental