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Commemorative of the Astorian Expedition organized June 23, 1810, by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company This expedition discovered the Oregon Trail which spread knowledge of the Nebraska country leading to its occupancy by white people. The fur . . . — — Map (db m229275) HM
President Franklin Pierce appointed Francis Burt of South Carolina the first Territorial Governor of Nebraska on May 30, 1854. Governor Burt arrived in Bellevue on October 6th and Chief Justice Fenner Ferguson administered the oath of office to . . . — — Map (db m228861) HM
Bellevue, gateway to the upper Missouri and the fur
trade empire, is the oldest continuous settlement in
Nebraska. This town was born, became important, almost
died, and now in the 20th century, has been revitalized.
Fur traders dealing with the . . . — — Map (db m228872) HM
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
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 . . . — — Map (db m80854) HM
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
Before the organization of Nebraska Territory
In 1854. missions were established among the Indian
tribes of this area. In 1850, Rev. Edward McKinney founded the first Presbyterian Church of Nebraska with five members. He had arrived in Bellevue . . . — — Map (db m228877) HM
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
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
