Gateway to the West

From June to November 1898, Omaha was the crossroads of the world as host of The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. More than 2.6 million people visited the exposition, many to see Geronimo, one of 500 Indians from 35 tribes in attendance at the concurrently held three-month Indian Congress, which began on August 4, 1898, with the Indian Day Parade. —  Courtesy U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 530