This is an aerial view of Forest Lawn, located at 7909 Mormon Bridge Road.  In the upper left hand corner is the main entrance; on the middle right hand side of the picture, right at the edge of the photo, is the old main entrance. 

For many years, both of these gates were open all day, which meant you could drive right through the cemetery, going from 52 Street to 30 Street in a mere minute.  I used to drive through it every day on my way home from work, and was quite upset when they closed the old entrance for good.  These days it is opened only on Memorial Day.  The old office also sits by this entrance, and you can see several good pictures of this building, when it was the only structure for miles around, on the Forest Lawn site.

Forest Lawn was founded in May of 1885.  The very first burial was one of the new Forest Lawn board members, John Brackin, who died in September 1886.  Complete records are on microfilm at the Nebraska State Historical Society (in Lincoln) and the Omaha Public Library Main Branch, as well as at the cemetery.  It is managed by a lot owners association.