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Miller Park (Omaha, Nebraska)

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of the city of Omaha. He was the first physician in Omaha, and later in life, a major landowner throughout the city, including all of the area comprising the neighborhood today. Miller was also the first president of the City of Omaha Board of Park Commissioners.
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of 1898. It was a running consideration for the Expo because of its accessibility via the Florence Boulevard, a north-south thoroughfare once regarded as "The Prettiest Mile" because it captured the best views of the
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to the south because of its distance from the city, the Miller Park neighborhood rebounded, quickly developing with upper-middle-class homes surrounding the perimeter of the park.
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and several notable historic places. It is located between Sorenson Parkway on the south and Redick Avenue on the north,
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valley, and because of the wide-open fields the area offered. After losing out to
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to the park the following year, which later became known as Florence Boulevard.
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is a past president of the Miller Park-Minne Lusa Neighborhood Association.
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was established in 1891 after George Miller failed to locate the
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there two years before. He convinced the city of Omaha to build
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borders the neighborhood on the west. Miller Park is the
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of the local Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church
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Index

Miller Park (disambiguation)
North Omaha, Nebraska
historic district
Florence Boulevard
Minne Lusa
Saratoga
Fort Omaha
namesake park
Miller Park Elementary School
George L. Miller
founding father
Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Missouri River
Kountze Park
Lowen Kruse
Miller Park
Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Omaha's Prettiest Mile Boulevard
Fort Omaha Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
Miller Park (North Omaha)
Miller Park Elementary School
Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church
Neighborhoods of North Omaha, Nebraska
History of Omaha
Architecture of North Omaha, Nebraska
"A History of the Miller Park Neighborhood"
Miller Park/Minne Lusa Neighborhood Association
Historic photo
Miller Park Pavilion

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