List of historic companies in Omaha
This is a list of historic companies in Omaha. These businesses were either located in Omaha, founded in Omaha and/or still functioning in Omaha.
Historic companies[1] In alphabetical order | |||||
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Name | Founded | Notes | |||
American National Bank | |||||
ASARCO | |||||
Bemis Company | |||||
Borsheim's Fine Jewelry | |||||
1891 | |||||
Burlington Northern Railroad | |||||
1856 | |||||
Campbell Soup Company | |||||
ConAgra Brands | |||||
Cudahy Packing Company | |||||
Dun & Bradstreet | |||||
Equitable Life Assurance Society | |||||
First National of Nebraska | 1857 | Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank. | |||
Forest Lawn Memorial Park | |||||
J.P. Cooke Company | |||||
Krug Brewery | |||||
Metro Area Transit | |||||
Metropolitan Utilities District | |||||
Metz Brewery | 1856 | ||||
Mutual Benefit Life | |||||
NP Dodge Company | |||||
NCR Corporation | |||||
New England Company | |||||
New York Life Insurance Company | |||||
Omaha Country Club | |||||
Omaha Public Power District | |||||
Omaha World-Herald | 1885 | Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889. | |||
Peter Kiewit Sons | |||||
Packaging Corporation of America | |||||
Physician’s Mutual Insurance Company | 1902 | Founded by Edwin E. Elliott. | |||
Qwest | |||||
Storz Brewing Company | 1876 | ||||
Union Pacific Railroad Company | |||||
Wells Fargo | |||||
Willow Springs Bottling Company | |||||
Younkers |
See also[]
- History of Omaha
- Historic hospitals in Omaha
References[]
- ^ "Historic Omaha Businesses" Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Douglas County Historical Society. Retrieved 1/27/08.
Categories:
- History of Omaha, Nebraska
- Companies based in Omaha, Nebraska
- Omaha, Nebraska-related lists