South Omaha Land Company
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The South Omaha Land Company was created in South Omaha, Nebraska, in 1887. Founders included William A. Paxton.[1]
The Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha paid $100,000 to the South Omaha Land Company for 156.5 acres (0.633 km2) of land to serve as a transfer station en route to Chicago. In March 1887, two men named McShane and J. H. Bosler bought out the South Omaha Land Syndicate, immediately forming the South Omaha Land Company with William A. Paxton as president, Bosler as vice-president, Iler as secretary, John A. Creighton as treasure, and Messrs Paxton, Bosler, Iler, Creighton, McShane, Smith, Kountze, Nelson Morris and J. M. Woolworth as directors. A million dollars in stock was soon made available, and the South Omaha Land Syndicate's were paid off, as well[2]