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Omaha Celebrates Golden Spike Days With Frontier Reenactment
Omaha turns back to 1869 for Golden Spike Days from April 26 to 29. visitors see a stockade Union Station log walls and Brule Sioux encampments amid false front buildings as 50,000 residents dress in 1869 attire. dignitaries like W A Harriman Cecil B DeMille Joel McCrea Barbara Stanwyck attend a banquet and parades linking Promontory Point to Omaha history. The event marks the transcontinental railroad completion with a revival of the 1869 ceremony and Lincoln era ties to Union Pacific development.
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