Audio & Written Tour Guide
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Room 1 - Welcome to Quarters One
Welcome to Quarters One at Fort Omaha, today known as the General Crook House Museum. We invite you to step back in time and join us as we explore the house, it’s history, and discuss some of the people who once walked these halls. These walls may not be able to speak, but they carry the story of wars lost and won, the trials of a growing nation, the struggle for equal rights, and the desire to build a better and brighter future. This is not just the story of a house or a man, but the story of our community and how we form part of a broader historical narrative.
Originally, this house was designed to be a home for the Commander of the Department of the Platte at his Fort Omaha headquarters. Work began on the Italianate style house in 1878 and was overseen by General George Crook, the house’s first resident and who the house is now named for.
General Crook and his wife, Mary Tapscott Dailey Crook, moved in upon the house’s completion in 1879. Like many officers of the time, the Crooks brought very few possessions to each of their residences on the frontier, and this house was no different. While they resided here, many of the furnishings would have been issued by the quartermaster as permanent fixtures of the house, or borrowed from local residents. The house continued to be used as military housing long after the Crooks had left, so none of furniture from their time remains in the house. What you see around you are antiques that represent the period and give an idea of what the house may have looked like when General Crook was here.
Room 2 - The Hall & Staircase
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Room 3 - The Reception Room
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Room 4 - The Parlor
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Room 5 - The Dining Room
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Room 6 - The China Room
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Room 7 - The Kitchen
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Room 8 - The General's Study
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Room 9 - The Presidential Bedroom
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Room 10 - The Morning Room
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Room 11 - Mary Crook's Bedroom
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Room 12 - General Crook's Bedroom
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Room 13 - The Servant's Quarters
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Room 14 - The Gift Shop
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