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Greater America Exposition
Greater America Exposition
	Grand Court with red brick walkways
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	Greater America Exposition
Visitors	845,000
Organized by	George Miller
Location
Country	United States of America
City	Omaha
Venue	Kountze Park
Coordinates	41°17′29″N 95°56′21″W / 41.2914798°N 95.9391403°W
Timeline
Opening	July 1, 1899
Closure	October 31, 1899

The Greater America Exposition was a world's fair held on North Omaha, Nebraska from July 1 to October 31, 1899.^[1]

Formation

After the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition exhibition a group of investors decided to retain some of the buildings and hold a second season at Kountze Park in 1899 with a new theme.^[2] President McKinley expressed support for the exhibition as an opportunity to show America's new colonial possessions following the Spanish–American War.^[2]

Grounds

The grounds were refurbished with 500 staff patching and painting buildings and replanting flower beds.^[1] And the concrete walkways were replaced by red brick ones.^[1]

Buildings

There were agriculture,^[3] apiary,^[4] colonial exhibits,^[5] dairy,^[6] fine arts and liberal arts,^[7] horticulture,^[8] international,^[9] manufactures,^[10] and mines and mining,^[11] buildings, a machinery hall,^[12] a 520 by 150 feet United States pavilion,^[13] and auxiliary buildings including press, fire, police and a hospital.^[14]

New possessions

One March 18, 1899 the government agreed to transport agents to fetch exhibits from Cuba, Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto Rico.^[2]

60 tubs of Hawaiian plants were destroyed when customs officials dumped the Hawaiian shipment,^[2] and a second Hawaiian shipment went missing between San Francisco and Omaha.^[2] After the exhibition some of the Hawaiian exhibits were sent to a forthcoming Paris exhibition.^[2]

The Cuban village included over 700 snakes, a garrotte and the hangman Valentine Ruiz.^[2]

The Philippines had planned to include monkeys, native birds and four water buffaloes. Six water buffaloes were shipped though only two water buffaloes arrived in Omaha.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sasse (9 October 2015). "A History of the 1899 Greater America Exposition in North Omaha – North Omaha History". Retrieved February 1, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "1899 Greater America Expo Notes". Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. p. 8–9.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. p. 30.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. pp. 23–25.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. p. 22.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. pp. 26–27.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. pp. 28–29.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. p. 10.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. pp. 11–13.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. pp. 19–21.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. pp. 14–15.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. p. 6.
^ Greater America Exposition: Map of Grounds, Diagram of Buildings. July 1, 1899. p. 18.

External links

"Trans-Mississippi Exposition" by UNL and the University of Omaha has many images of the buildings at the fair.
"A History of the 1899 Greater America Exposition" by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com