This blog will provide a vitural walk to all the stops on the 2005 walking tour published by the Joslyn Castle Neighborhood Association. The brochure was made possible through the work of a CLG(Certified Local Government)Grant administered by our City of Omaha Planning Department and funded by the U.S.Department of the Interior, National Park Service. I also want to thank the many neighborhood volunteers who took up this task of researching and publishing our history.
Monday, September 04, 2006
California Street
California Street; Rumored to be named after the numerous paddle wheelers that landed near a street on the west bank of the Missour River loaded with people headed west to take part in the California gold rush. The street was lined with outfitters selling goods to the soon to be prospectors and was thus named California Street. (www.omahahistory.org)