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"Fort Omaha Marker"

Located at 5730 North 30th Street, ()

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NEBRASKA<br />HISTORICAL MARKER</center><br /> A military post was first established here in<br /> 1868 and named Sherman Barracks after the famous<br /> Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman. The<br /> post's name was soon changed to Omaha Barracks and<br /> in 1878, to Fort Omaha. In 1879, General George Crook,<br /> noted Indian fighter and head (1875-1882, 1886-1888)<br /> of the Army's Department of the Platte, occupied a<br /> new brick home here which is still standing.<br /> <br /> By the late 1880's, the 80-some acres of Fort<br /> Omaha had become insufficient for the Army's needs.<br /> A larger post, Fort Crook, was established near<br /> Bellevue and Fort Omaha was closed in 1896, In 1905,<br /> it reopened as an Army Signal Corps training school.<br /> Closed in 1913, the fort again reopened in 1916,<br /> this time as a training school for the crews of<br /> Army observation balloons. About 16,000 men trained<br /> here in preparation for service in World War I.<br /> <br /> When the Army declared Fort Omaha surplus<br /> property in 1947, it became a Naval Reserve Man-<br /> power Center. Since then it has served as a recruiting,<br /> training, and administration facility for several<br /> branches of the armed forces.<br />

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