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ar[1] = "  North Omaha once had a Grand Canal complete with gondolas (for the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition).             "
ar[2] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[3] = "  \"The air is pure and helthy so far as we can judge.\"  William Clark journal, August 3, 1804 (while near Omaha)                          "
ar[4] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[5] = "  Omaha has three great Art Festivals, spaced out just right for all summer!                       "
ar[6] = "  Countryide Village Art Festival is the first full weekend in June, 87th and Pacific St.          "
ar[7] = "  Summer Arts Festival is at the end of June, downtown at the Gene Leahy Mall (10th to 14th, Douglas to Farnam).                              "
ar[8] = "  Rockbrook Art Festival is on the weekend following Labor Day at 108th and West Center.                     "
ar[9] = "  Mary Russ had no complaints about the amount of content on this site.                            "
ar[10] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[11] = "  Father Flanagan's Boy's Town Village has been surrounded by Omaha's westward expansion.          "
ar[12] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[13] = "  Godfather's Pizza started in Omaha.                                                              "
ar[14] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[15] = "  Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum has many activities in addition to great and rare art.                 "
ar[16] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[17] = "  Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has an Desert Dome, Indoor Aviary, Giant Aquarium, and an IMAX theater.              "
ar[18] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[19] = "  If you have heard Mannheim Steamroller, then you have heard some of Omaha's finest.              "
ar[20] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[21] = "  More people have danced to the Fishheads music than any other Omaha band.                        "
ar[22] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[23] = "Shook hands and gave them Some Tobacco and provisions, they sent us Water Millions.  William Clark, Aug 2, 1804"
ar[24] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[25] = "  Nature photographer Thomas Mangelsen, went to high school in Omaha, Nebraska.                    "
ar[26] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[27] = "  New Age composer Peter Buffett was raised in Omaha, the place his dad Warren makes home.         "
ar[28] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[29] = "  Omaha's Convention Center and Arena is ready.  Make convention plans early.         "
ar[30] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[31] = "  Omaha's Old Market area is a favorite place for tourists and locals alike.  Good food - drink - shops.   "
ar[32] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[33] = "  \"I think I'll stay over here. I've seen plenty of frontier towns.\" - Abe Lincoln in Council Bluffs, December 1859! "
ar[34] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[35] = "  On Juy 4th, 2004, Omaha will celebrate the holiday for the 150th time.                           "
ar[36] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[37] = "  Geronimo was a popular visitor to the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.     "
ar[38] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[39] = "  Omaha is the center of the earth's surface! (as I see it.)                                       "
ar[40] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[41] = "  Gilbert M. Hitchcock created the Omaha World Herald, Nebraska's largest newspaper.               "
ar[42] = "  The Evening Herald or Omaha Herald merged with the Omaha Daily World to form the Omaha World Herald.               "
ar[43] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[44] = "  Omaha has more golf courses for our population than any other city.                              "
ar[45] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[46] = "  The Henry Doorly Zoo in this Midwestern city has the world's largest indoor rainforest.  Jeopardy, Nov 11th, 2001      "
ar[47] = "  Charles Barkley, Martha Stewart, and MTV Jeopardy host Jeff Probst didn't know the correct answer.       "
ar[48] = "                                                                                                   "
ar[49] = "  Miami's July average high temperature is only 1.9 degrees higher than Omaha (89 vs. 87.1)       "
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