The Heartland Capital — Warren Buffett's Hometown, the Henry Doorly Zoo, and the Old Market District
Omaha is the largest city on the Great Plains and the commercial and cultural anchor of the four-state Nebraska-Iowa-Kansas-Missouri region. The Henry Doorly Zoo, consistently ranked one of the best in the world, houses the world's largest indoor desert, the world's largest indoor rainforest, and a 40,000-square-foot indoor aquarium — all in a single zoo. The Old Market, a 16-block Victorian warehouse district along the Missouri River, is one of the most well-preserved 19th-century commercial neighborhoods in the Midwest, now home to independent restaurants, galleries, and boutiques. Omaha is…
Omaha was founded in 1854 on the west bank of the Missouri River, where it could serve as a staging post for westward migration — the Overland Trail, the Oregon Trail, and the Mormon Pioneer Trail all passed through. The city became the eastern terminus of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and the Union Pacific Railroad's headquarters have been here ever since. The 1898 Trans-Mississippi International Exposition brought eight million visitors to Omaha and introduced the city to the world. The stockyards and meatpacking industry made Omaha the 'Cornhusker Capital' of the cattle and…