Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-02
OMAHAS in SEVEN STATES
But Nebraskans Probably Never
Heard OF Other Six Unless
Working in POstoffice-
ALL NEAR THE EDGE OF STATES

A man registered at q local hotel yes
terday giving his home AZ Omaha.
YES" he faid. i've lived In Omaha
for forty years. but this Is the first time
I've been in Nebraska"
He lived in Omaha. III
And consultation With the Man-who-
Knows-AIl-she-To over at the post
office and subsequent arduous research
IN various largs towns. disclosed the fact
that there are Omahas IN seven states.
to wit; Illinois. ArKansas. Georgia. Ken
lucky. Texas. Virginia and Nebraska
IT'S no wonder " YOU haven't heard
about ak OF them. Tor sou could take
their total inhabitants and find ample
Accommodations for them in tho Omaha.
Neb.. hotels The largest IL Omaha,
Texas. which boasts $50 inhabitants, and
the smallest Is Omaha, Va, with Twelve
people,
Omaha. Texas. n In Morris county.
right Ia the noftheast corner OF the
state. It IL on the 81. Louis & south-
western railway About three miles on
one aide u the Big Cypress river.
Ia I1iinoi,
The home town OF the man who reg
istered at the local hotel. Omaha, H..
has GO people and Is located IN Galiatin
county. right on ths eastern edge Of the
state. II is on the Ohio & southwestern
railway.
Our ci1y's namesake down In Arkansas
Is known as Omaha Postoffice," or
Cricket" the latter perhaps Indicating
that Il is lively place. II Is In Boone
county. right on the northern edge OF the
state. Three hundred inhabitants throng
| lie street and probably crowd the
"deepo'' when the trains Of the 81. Louis,
Iron Mountain a Southern railway 80
through. II Is ton mileh from Prosper
| ity. which IL the name Of town.
| And now talke look at Omaha, way
down south in 0awja. There II Il IN the
| land Of cotton and IN the county OF
| Stewart. at tho western edge OF the state
This. too. has thrice an hundred people
whose transportation wants are served
/ by tho Southern Air Line railway. And
-~sot this upon the tablets OF your mem
| or,'--it ls situated upon the lovely Chat
tahoochee river and near the picturesque
| Bonnahacheo creek. Oh. happy Omaha
10 be thus situated. Tho only way Il re-
| sembios It's dig sister IA Nebraska Il that
the town Of Florence lies just four miles
away.
No Railroad In County.
| Down h old Halntucigy, in Knott
county. at the very east end Of the state
lies Omaha. Far from tho maddenlne
crowd Is this Omaha. with rs ias IN
hnbltanla The nearest railroad station
IL sutton. thirty mile4 TO the northeast
There isn't railroad n 81 Knott county.
Knott one. lie pretty lnconvenlent foE
the 1a but then. rs Just az hard for the
inhabitants Of Finespp. ivan. Ncaiy
Amelia, EmmaIlne. Eaic and Bath, which
are within radius Of ton miles.
! Just over into the Cumberland CsiIen'
n" please, mountains from there lies
the baby OF al the seven Omahas
Omaha, Virginia. It's IN DlckensoT
county. The twelve people who lived
there when the latest census we're taker
were not kept awake nights BY the nois,
Of railway trains. for the nearest rail-.
way Il the Louisville 8 Nashville. twclv,
|inlles 20 the south. AND. though probabl,
mo Omahanebraskans outside the post
office ever heard ef Omaha. Virginia
maybe none OF these Omahaelrainianl
lever heard Of Omaha. Nebraska, For /
Il county where the doings OF the BIZ
outside world are given ecant attention
This Omaha. IKE al the rest. Is IA
county on The edge Of the state: In thi
instance In The western edge II seem
Todd this determination Of al the Omaha
% stick around At the edges Of thel
respective states Even Omaha, Ne
bsaaka. yon know. is on the edsc Of III
state.