DeSoto held such bright prospects. "We thought that with such an excellent steamboat landing and quantities of timber in the vicinity, De Soto had as good a chance as Omaha to become the metropolis," pioneer Thomas Carter wrote ... .
Where OPPD's now-closed nuclear power plant sits, DeSoto was a river town incorporated in 1855. At its zenith, its population was between 500 and 700 and had ideas of being Omaha's rival ... .