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Peony Park Peony Park a Omaha ,NE Landmark.... The park closed in 1994. Throughout its existence the park maintained its status as Nebraska's largest amusement park. Source
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Peony Park
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Peony Park was an amusement park located at North 78th and Cass Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1919, over the next seventy-five years the 35-acre (140,000 m2) park included a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) pool, beach and waterslide, a ballroom that billed itself as "1 acre under one roof," an open air dance area for 3000 dancers, amusement rides, and various sundries. History
Peony Park was begun by local entrepreneur Joe Malec, Sr. in 1919 as a gas station and restaurant on the Lincoln Highway. Carl Rosenfield's neighboring Peony Gardens were established 35 years earlier, in 1884, with 25 acres (100,000 m2) of peonies in several hundred varieties. When the Gardens became a highway stop along the burgeoning Lincoln Highway, Malec added amusements to this already busy roadside attraction. The park became the official headquarters for the Lawrence Welk Band in the 1930s, which made it immensely popular. Other events included the Coca-Cola Date Night and Polka Days. Originally built outside city limits, the park was annexed by the city of Omaha in 1958. In the 1980s, Omaha's Italian community began holding their annual celebration called La Festa Italiana at the park, and continued until its closure. La Festa is now held at Roncalli High School. Segregation policies
The park was strictly segregated until 1963. Earlier, in 1955, the State of Nebraska took Peony Park to district court over its segregated swimming policy. In State of Nebraska v. Peony Park, the court found that under Nebraska Civil Rights Law Peony Park discriminated against African American swimmers at the Amateur Athletic Union Swimming Meet held at the park on August 27, 1955. During that event, two African American participants were barred from the meet because Peony Park barred them from pool. On September 7, 1955, the court fined Peony Park $50 and costs of the trial. Additional civil suits were settled out of court.

09/29/2026

COUNCIL BLUFFS CITIZENS
Kimberly Kaufman
If you can’t handle going to treatment and finishing it, you most certainly can’t handle your kids when you get them back. and anybody that touches a child inappropriately shouldn’t even have a smidgen of an option to get that child back, especially when she’s still in a
Inappropriate relationship thats illegal and disgusting . we’re heading up day and time for a petition booth to sign for the safety of two children. Will give dates when we got them and location, and then we’ll have comprehensive examples displayed of pictures, videos, police reports, and hopefully more stuff from the community to add it will be kind of intense display of who it is, address, phone numbers, emails, and then all the police contacts so if you have any information, which is probably gonna be a lot because she’s yeah been around, has some issues we’d appreciate any help we can get to fix the life for these children that don’t deserve it.. if your  from Council Bluffs, you might know her. if so, you know what we’re talking about. She’s hurting a lot of families and a lot of people in the community. Let’s put a stop to these people and hopefully get them off the street. Her career is so vulgar when you see it. you’ll understand. will have footage of some of the stuff on an edited screen, so it’s not show inappropriate stuff. Thank you very much.  Please share. We need the help places you can find her she spends a lot of time at thrift world and she could be found at the casinos quite often mainly hangs around Bellevue, Council Bluffs, and North Omaha 

08/01/2026
thanks Ronnie
06/22/2026

thanks Ronnie

Hot summer fun in the mid-70s at Peony Park's big pool before the large waterslides were added. Strolling the sandy beac...
06/19/2026

Hot summer fun in the mid-70s at Peony Park's big pool before the large waterslides were added. Strolling the sandy beach was nice along with plenty of platforms, slides and diving boards for entertainment. In the foreground, a family rides along on the Sky-Rail and up higher you'll see the Sky-Lift. Let the sun-drenched memories begin!

-- Durham Museum archives photo

04/26/2026

HEY COUNTY ASSESSOR and State of Nebraska I’M TALKING TO YOU!! This is my PERSONAL OPINION!!
Hypothetically…….. I’m being taxed on money I never made. Let that sink in.
If I bought my property outright for $60,000 in 2009
Now the county says it’s worth $246,000.
Did I sell it? No.
Did I make a profit? No.
Did I get a check for $246,000? No.
But my taxes jumped like I did.
That’s the problem.
This isn’t income.
This isn’t cash.
This is a number someone decided on paper — and now I’m being billed for it.
If my stock portfolio doubles, I don’t pay taxes until I sell.
If my income doesn’t increase, I don’t magically owe more income tax.
So why does owning a home work differently?
Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains?
A house isn’t just an investment — it’s where people live. And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money.
You don’t truly own something if you can be taxed out of it.
This isn’t about “services” or “inflation.”
It’s about being charged for value you never received.
And people are starting to notice.

COPY & PASTE this to Your page, this needs to be on everyone’s mind…

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