1. Edward Charles Creighton was a prominent pioneer businessman in early Omaha, Nebraska.
16 Facts About Edward Creighton
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Edward Creighton was raised in an Irish Catholic family, and was always active in Church affairs.
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Edward Creighton married Mary Lucretia Wareham in Dayton, Ohio on October 7,1856; the couple moved to Omaha after their wedding.
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Edward Creighton quickly became involved in several business ventures in Omaha, including wagon freighting, merchandising, real estate, banking, railroading and ranching.
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Edward Creighton dug the first post hole for the telegraph line on July 2,1861; the line was completed on October 24,1861.
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Edward Creighton served as the first president of First National Bank of Omaha and was one of the founders of the Omaha and Northwestern Railroad.
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The Edward Creighton brothers invested heavily in the Union Pacific Railroad which ran a route parallel to their telegraph line.
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The Edward Creighton brothers knew both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, both of whom had stated their desire to construct a transcontinental railroad.
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Edward Creighton fought unsuccessfully for Omaha's selection as the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad.
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John Edward Creighton worked in the quartermaster corp and was responsible for stringing telegraph lines between the War office and the mobile fronts.
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Edward Creighton had been told to stay out of southeast Nebraska and northwest Missouri due to threats made against him by Confederate sympathizers who controlled these areas.
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John Edward Creighton opened the first packing plant on land he owned in South Omaha which became the nucleus for the city's huge food processing industry.
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Edward Creighton provided the funds for an order of hospital nuns to come to Omaha in the 1860s, and a second order shortly thereafter.
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John Edward Creighton contributed heavily to the construction of a Methodist hospital.
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In 1905, the Edward Creighton Institute was built at 210 South 18th Street in downtown Omaha.
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In 1982, Edward Creighton was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.