”Near this location in July 1855 Logan Fontenelle noted French-Indian leader of the Omaha tribe, was slain in battle with the Sioux.” Petersburg Com’l Club, July 1955 — — Map (db m179380) HM
Logan Fontenelle, an interpreter and Omaha chief, was born at Bellevue in May, 1825. His father was Lucien Fontenelle, a noted fur trader both on the lower Missouri River and near Fort Laramie, Wyoming. His mother was a daughter of Big Elk, noted . . . — — Map (db m179377) HM
For more than ten thousand years the Beaver Valley and surrounding prairie, with their abundant water and wildlife, nurtured Native Americans. The Pawnee Indians, whose permanent earthlodge villages were a few miles to the south, claimed this area . . . — — Map (db m181373) HM
