e architect, william stanley underwood, wanted to make a statement about the strength of the railroads. in his mind it was strength, masculinity and that's what he really wanted this bl to embody. omaha really started out as a frontier town, typical frontier town. actually citizen from council bluffs decide they wanted to found the city on this side of the river. council bluffs was established to -- knew y wanted the railroad was coming through but they didn't know which side. have aid it would help to the city ready to go. and it worked. but cities on the west side of the river developed greater because it's easier to move est. union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific royalway act signed into law by abraham lincoln, so it cowboys several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the trans continental railroad that would connect east and west coasts. they started with moving west and central pacific, started on the west coast and was moving east -- east and they met up at utah and