▁the ▁Missouri ▁River ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 , ▁and ▁recorded ▁a ▁stay ▁at ▁C aban ne ' s ▁Tr ading ▁Post ▁in ▁present - day ▁North ▁O ma ha . ▁After ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁en ▁mas se ▁beginning ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 0 s , ▁Germ ans ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁built ▁their ▁own ▁churches . ▁ ▁At ▁church ▁and ▁in ▁their ▁business es , ▁including ▁gro c ery ▁stores ▁and ▁farm ▁supply ▁sh ops , ▁they ▁conducted ▁daily ▁life ▁in ▁German ▁for ▁years . ▁Many ▁young ▁German ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁O ma ha ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁Neb r aska ▁batt alion ▁during ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁later ▁serving ▁throughout ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁One ▁early ▁German ▁sett ler ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁was ▁Vincent ▁Bur k ley . ▁ ▁( He ▁ang lic ized ▁his ▁name ). ▁After ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁gro cer ▁and ▁farm ▁labor er ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁he ▁opened ▁his ▁own ▁printing ▁company . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁almost ▁immediately ▁successful . ▁Bur k ley ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁O ma ha ▁City ▁Council ▁for ▁several ▁years , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁O ma ha ▁Board ▁of ▁Education . ▁ ▁Commun ities ▁In ▁the ▁earliest ▁days ▁of ▁O ma ha , ▁the ▁" heart ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁settlement ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁large ▁concentration ▁between ▁South ▁ 1 0 th ▁and ▁ 1 3 th ▁Stre ets . ▁Here ▁one ▁could