Columbus Tower

Construction on the Columbus Tower, also known as the Sentinel Building, began in the early twentieth century and was temporarily interrupted by the 1906 earthquake. Completed in 1907 (some sources say 1915), the tower is a steel-framed flatiron ...

Columbus Landing Site

This Salt River Bay site is the only known place where members of Columbus's expedition set foot on what is now U.S. territory, and was the site of the first armed clash between Europeans and American natives. On November 14, ...

The Columbus Quincentenary Belltower

In 1492 Christopher Columbus,

his crew and three ships, the

Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

set sail from Spain

to the New World.

That voyage is depicted

in the scene above as

we pay tribute to the man,

the voyage and the

community namesake.

Dedicated April 25, 1992

In Commemoration of

Christopher ...

Columbus Area Business Hall of Fame

Inducted 2010

Edgar Howard

Edgar Howard had a career in the newspaper business that spanned more than 75 years. After a career in various jobs within newspapers, he bought the newspaper in Papillion in 1883 and established a paper in ...

Discovering the Colorful History of Columbus

Commemorating Columbus’ Sesquicentennial 1856-2006

The mural reveals important moments in the city’s development by “peeling through” eight of the numerous layers of time from the present to the past.

An aspect of the mural is the transition of color through the piece. ...

Fort Omaha Knights of Columbus Assembly Hall

Fort Omaha Walking Tour

During World War I, citizen participation in relief and aid societies was exceptional across America. Omaha’s Red Cross chapter led all cities in the country in per capita membership.

In addition to the Red Cross providing a canteen ...

Columbus' First Jewish Cemetery

Since Biblical times when Abraham purchased land to bury his wife Sarah, it has been considered a religious obligation for Jews to set aside land for interring their dead. Often before congregations were established burial societies were formed to perform ...

Columbus Standard

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

European interest was first represented in the “New World” by the Viking Banner of Leif Ericson and other intrepid Norse adventurers. This banner, according to tradition, made its way to Iceland, Greenland and presumably North America about the ...

Columbus Community Club

Packers Heritage Trail

The Columbus Community Club, which opened in 1925 as a recreational and social center, played many roles in Packer history.

In the 1920s, before radio broadcasts of Packer games, large crowds gathered on Sunday afternoons when the team was ...

National Historic Landmark- Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong

National Historic Landmark -Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong

On March 9, 1916, approximately 485 Mexican revolutionaries under the command of Gen. Francisco --Pancho-- Villa (1877?-1923) crossed into the United States and attacked the sleeping border town of Columbus, killing 10 ...