Frank Parker Archeological Site
- Also Known As: 25WN1 also 25DO169
- Also Known As: Frank Parker also Thorne
- Vicinity: Address Restricted, Douglas and Washington Counties
- Neighborhood of Florence, Omaha in Omaha, NE
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1863/00/00 | James Monroe Parker | Owner | James Monroe Parker and family operate a 600 acre farm (lost) just south of town in the area of Miller Park. The farmhouse (lost) was located at what is now 3021 Vane Street. | |||
| 1876/00/00 | The Parker family returns to Iowa while James Monroe Parker's son, William Frederick Parker, travels to Rome to study painting. William Frederick Parker will to the homestead and make it his home. | |||||
| 1893/00/00 | The city of Omaha purchases 80 acres from William Frederick Parker, aka the Hermit of Florence, for what will become Miller Park. Parker has allowed his mansion to fall into disrepair. | |||||
| 1894/00/00 | the neglected and luxuriant garden, where the pretty terraces have long since fallen one upon the other and lost their outlines ... the grass grows in long and untended masses, the wild grape climbs as it hikes about the trees - Elia Peattie, World-Herald | |||||
| 1900/00/00 | Over the years, William Frederick Parker, will expand the old farmhouse, adding rooms and a bathing pool decorated with plaster statues from the Trans-Mississippi Exhibition. However, Parker will not maintain the grounds. | |||||
| 1902/02/00 | Frank T Parker, birth name Frank Fraissenset, inherits a farm from his illegitimate father, William Frederick Parker. The Parker Manson (torn down in 1956) was located at what is now 3021 Vane Street. | |||||
| 1920/01/01 | Police find Harriet Bemis, the widow of George Bemis, inside the Parker house (lost) suffering from hypothermia and the delusion that an army captain from Fort Omaha is claiming her for his bride. | |||||
| 1947/00/00 | Frank T Parker, grandson of James Monroe Parker, auctions off the remains of his father's art collection, curios, Indian relics and the first safe from the Bank of Florence, an '80-ton whale'. |
| Particulars for Frank Parker Archeological Site: | |
|---|---|
| Cultural Affiliation | Central Plains Phase |
| Criteria | Information Potential |
| Cultural Affiliation | Nebraska Phase |
| Area of Significance | Prehistoric |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Processing site |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Historic Use | Trade (archeology) |
| Historic Use | Village site |
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