| Historic companies In alphabetical order
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| Name
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Founded
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Notes
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| American National Bank
|
1856
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Founded as "The Bank of Florence" in the territory of Nebraska.
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| ASARCO
|
1888
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No longer functioning in Omaha.
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| Bemis Company
|
1858
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Merged into Amcor in 2019. No longer functioning in Omaha.
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| Borsheim's Fine Jewelry
|
1870
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| Burlington Northern Railroad
|
1970
|
Officially founded in 1970, but its lineage through mergers and renamings goes back to 1848 with the Chicago and Aurora Railroad. It has now been merged into the BNSF Railway.
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| Campbell Soup Company
|
1869
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No longer functioning in Omaha.
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| ConAgra Brands
|
1919
|
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| Cudahy Packing Company
|
1887
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Merged into Bar-S Foods Company. No longer functioning in Omaha.
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| Dun & Bradstreet
|
1841
|
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| Equitable Life Assurance Society
|
1859
|
Now known as "Equitable Holdings, Inc."
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| First National Bank of Omaha
|
1857
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Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank.
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| Forest Lawn Memorial Park
|
1885
|
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| J.P. Cooke Company
|
1887
|
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| Krug Brewery
|
1848
|
Closed in 1987.
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| Metro Area Transit
|
1972
|
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| Metropolitan Utilities District
|
1913
|
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| Metz Brewery
|
1856
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No longer functioning in Omaha.
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| Mutual Benefit Life
|
1845
|
Liquidated and dissolved in 2001.
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| NP Dodge Company
|
1855
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| NCR Corporation
|
1884
|
No longer functioning in Omaha.
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| New York Life Insurance Company
|
1845
|
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| Omaha Country Club
|
1899
|
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| Omaha Public Power District
|
1946
|
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| Omaha World-Herald
|
1885
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Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889.
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| Peter Kiewit Sons
|
1884
|
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| Packaging Corporation of America
|
1959
|
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| Physician's Mutual Insurance Company
|
1902
|
Founded by Edwin E. Elliott.
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| Qwest
|
1996
|
Acquired by CenturyLink in 2011.
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| Storz Brewing Company
|
1876
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Permanently closed in 2015.
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| Union Pacific Railroad Company
|
1862
|
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| Wells Fargo
|
1852
|
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| Willow Springs Bottling Company
|
1866
|
Now operating under the name "Cornhusker Beverage."
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| Younkers
|
1856
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City of Omaha
