The Miller Park neighborhood in

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, is a historically significant community housing a

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and several notable historic places. It is located between Sorenson Parkway on the south and Redick Avenue on the north, Florence Boulevard on the east and 30th Street on the west. The Minne Lusa neighborhood borders on the north, and the Saratoga neighborhood is on the south.

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borders the neighborhood on the west. Miller Park is the namesake park in the neighborhood, as well as the Miller Park Elementary School. In 2017, the Miller Park/Minne Lusa area was ranked as having the 2nd highest rate of homicides and other violent crimes out of 81 Omaha neighborhoods.

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Miller Park is named for Dr. George L. Miller, a

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of the city of Omaha. He was the first physician in Omaha, and later in life, a major landowner throughout the city, including all of the area comprising the neighborhood today. Miller was also the first president of the City of Omaha Board of Park Commissioners. Once considered a possible location for the

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of 1898. It was a running consideration for the Expo because of its accessibility via the Florence Boulevard, a north-south thoroughfare once regarded as "The Prettiest Mile" because it captured the best views of the

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valley, and because of the wide-open fields the area offered. After losing out to

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to the south because of its distance from the city, the Miller Park neighborhood rebounded, quickly developing with upper-middle-class homes surrounding the perimeter of the park. Omaha State Senator

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is a past president of the Miller Park-Minne Lusa Neighborhood Association.(nd
Lowen Kruse
website. Retrieved 6/11/07.

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was established in 1891 after George Miller failed to locate the

there two years before. He convinced the city of Omaha to build Omaha's Prettiest Mile Boulevard to the park the following year, which later became known as Florence Boulevard.

Fort Omaha

The Miller Park neighborhood is home to the

Fort Omaha Historic District Fort Omaha, originally known as Sherman Barracks and then Omaha Barracks, is an Indian War-era United States Army supply installation. Located at 5730 North 30th Street, with the entrance at North 30th and Fort Streets in modern-day North Omaha ...

. Inside the Fort there are dozens of historical buildings, with the Guard House designated by the City of Omaha as an Omaha Landmark, and the General Crook House listed independently on the

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External links

"A History of the Miller Park Neighborhood"
by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com
Miller Park/Minne Lusa Neighborhood Association
website.
Historic photo
of Miller Park.
Miller Park PavilionPhoto of Miller Park Leisure PoolHistoric postcard
of the local Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church

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Fort Omaha

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