On Franklin Street 1 mile north of East 13th Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
In 1858 Bellevue set aside four city blocks as a cemetery. However, it was thought to have been used earlier as unofficial burial plots. One of the earliest markers is of Jean Allen dated 1856 and located 70 feet northwest of marker. Jean Allen and . . . — — Map (db m80852) HM
On Hancock Street at 19th Street, on the right when traveling north on Hancock Street.
This log cabin was built about 1835 in the Missouri River floodplains. Soon after 1835 cholera occurred at lower elevations, and the cabin was moved to the upper plateau. In about 1850 it was moved to this location, where it was used as a residence . . . — — Map (db m80854) HM
On West Lane in Bellevue Cemetery., on the right when traveling north.
Big Elk
Indian Name
(Ong-Pa-Ton-Ga)
1770 - 1846
Last full blooded chief of the Omaha Tribe; Friend of the pioneers, and grandfather of Logan Fontenelle. — — Map (db m80771) HM
On Main Street at Mission Avenue (Nebraska Highway 370), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
This building of handmade bricks was constructed in 1856 to serve as the Fontenelle Bank. During the financial Panic of 1857 the Fontenelle Bank failed as did most of the other poorly backed wildcat banks in the Nebraska Territory.
In 1861 by . . . — — Map (db m80853) HM
On 10th Street north of Laplatte Road, on the left when traveling north.
In November 1833 Moses and Eliza Merrill, missionaries sponsored by the Baptist Missionary Union, arrived at the government Indian agency at Bellevue and opened a mission school for the Oto and Missouri Indians living in eastern Nebraska. The . . . — — Map (db m78023) HM
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