Omaha Print -- History in the Making

WHEN OMAHA Print (OP) opened its doors as The Nebraska Republican newspaper on May 5, 1858, Nebraska wasn’t even a state. It was a territory. Many of the historic American routes, like the Oregon Trail, started in the regions nearby, and the rural town of Omaha had all the flare of the era. Cowboys, wagon trains, saloon poker games, and people scurrying here and there, mostly heading West, in search of the American Dream. Then came the Civil War, The Great Depression, World War I, World War II and the rest of the 20th century. As the new millennium ticks away, Omaha Print (name change circa 1885) continues to be a model Midwestern company, employing nearly 100 townsfolk who still produce a much-needed commodity: sales catalogs for the breeders of cows and pigs.