The World Comes to Omaha
Nebraska Stories
Air Date: 09/09/2010
In the face of a national economic downturn in the late 1890s, Omaha’s civic leaders dared to dream big. To lift the city’s spirits, and its fortunes, they hosted the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition, a grand World’s Fair that put Omaha on the map. Step back in time for a glimpse at the spectacle that redefined the city’s place in the American West.