aka: The Magic City - Porkopolis - South"O" Douglas County, Nebraska

THE INCORPORATION OF SOUTH OMAHA 1886

The First Petition in 1886

Two petitions for the Incorporation of South Omaha were presented to the Douglas County Commissioners. The first petition was followed by several remonstrances, one claiming that a large number of the signers were non-residents. Following are the signers for the first petition and some signers may not be residents of South Omaha:

George Clarke W. G. Sloane W. O. Thayer J. D. Jones G. W. Klingaman W. A. Dixon F. J. Persons E. H. Howland I. A. Brayton N. Purinton S. K. Krigbaum F. J. Sliter Larue Williams C. A. Rapp Gust Ekbam E. C. Davis L. R. Davis Charles Lee A. N. Shriver W. Richardson Thomas Richardson A. Howell Henry Laufenburg A. A. Gary Joseph Odwarker L. Dey J. D. Meagher Fred Wasem E. D. Wiers Dudley Sullivan J. L. Davis John N. Burke Ed. Lee F. Jonnscheit John A. Nelson C. Williams Ed. Kaufmann Bruno Strathmann Fred. Kessner John Hedderman Daniel O'Connell, Sr. Louis Grundmeier Thomas Kenny John Reiper Oliof Haga Moritz Kuptery Theodore Gehrtre Paul Dodenhoff Charles Kohm Frank Waack C. Lueed F. Pivonka C. Stiliry Thomas Kozat V. Pivonka A. L. Black W. F. Martin

James Ward Pat. Lynch William Long Thomas Cullen Albert Bloom John Day Edward Corrigan D. H. Reynolds J. Cook B. F. Walker B. McCaffrey J. C. Carroll H. V. Rice D. Mahoney L. B. Gorham C. A. Withrow F. E. Pearl Bill Binit P. F. Hayes H. Sullivan Philip Korn George Ball Frank Gillean F. Stuart Frank Iona J. D. Robinson J. S. Haskins W. Schmeling James Ball P. Baer George Jones Ch. Simmert D. Eden Martin W. Kierkendall Thomas Adams C. E. Wood E. E. Palsley Pat. Scanlan Frank Martzahn L. P. C. Larsen W. G. Larsen James McVeigh J. E. Vance R. Pearl F. Joneshite P. Wetzel J. Peters C. E. Jones J. Kiesbina Jim Heckelman Daniel Malone Herman Trenkle Gideon Hood Fred. Ribo Patrick Sullivan O. F. Johnson S. C. Malin

Joe Wardyan John Borda Christian Haga H. B. Mengel Moses Livingstone Peter Petersen Thomas Kaysen J. Jacobson T. B. Whittlesey T. Long D. Loescher D. R. Swett C. W. Glynn T. Crawley M. Hagen Charles Segebart William McKay J. A. Doe Union Rendering Co. B. Lovell David P. Barber W. J. Slate William Horton J. P. S. Wallwork William Saunders Michael Woulf Thomas O'Connor Daniel DeLancey Thomas Haley D. F. Donoghue Thomas Kozak W. A Bennett E. A. Stearns Dan. Williams William Stewart E. P. Savage George E. Heis Henry Rigby E. T. Gadd C. F. Fahs Anton Beloiavek Amos Elgner Frederick Sahlberg John O'Connell Thomas Geary P. Climtsetus Patrick Keenan C. Lewis J. R. Anderson John Jacobs L. T. Fimicim W. H. Gould Steve Kaiser Henry Fingado Ed. T. Levis T. B. Bohn W. Daly