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Levi Carter Park is located at 3100 Abbott Drive in East Omaha, Nebraska. It was named after one of Omaha's original industrialists, Levi Carter, who ran a white lead smelter in the area. ==History== As recently as 1876, Levi Carter Park was the west bank of the Missouri River. The next year flooding caused the river to jump its banks and shorten the main stream, with the long meander becoming an oxbow lake. Residents on both sides of the river now found themselves on the west bank, attached to Nebraska. Because of this their lake was originally called "Cut-Off Lake." The name was first changed in the late 1900s to Lake Nicoma for the fabled Omaha wife of early Nebraska settler Peter A. Sarpy. Around that time the lake was a popular resort area. The surrounding park was home to sailing events, Bungalow City, the Omaha Gun Club,〔(Historical postcard from the Omaha Gun Club )〕 and a YMCA Camp as late as the 1930s.〔(Carter Lake Park ) City of Omaha Parks, Recreation, and Arts Department. Retrieved 9/24/07.〕 The area around the lake included "a boathouse at the foot of Locust street, hotels and club houses were numerous and the lake was the scene of many a pleasant rowing and fishing party."〔1890. "(The Rise and Fall of Cut-Off Lake )" from the ''Omaha Bee''. Retrieved 9/24/07.〕 In the early 1890s the city of Omaha renamed the lake in honor of Levi Carter after his widow donated $1,000,000 to the City of Omaha for upgrades to the area around the lake, which the city named Levi Carter Park.〔(Carter Lake History ). Retrieved 9/24/07.〕 In 1896 the United States Supreme Court ruled that the neighboring town of Carter Lake belonged to the State of Iowa.〔(n.d.) (Omaha Timeline 1880-1889 ) Douglas County Historical Society. Retrieved 9/24/07.〕 Levi Carter Park was the home of radio station Z-92's now defunct annual Z-bash from 1997 to 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Levi Carter Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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