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GENTENKIAL HISTORY 
 
 SARPY 
 
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 PAPILLTON, JUr.Y 4, 1870. 
 
 S. D. BANGS, Historian. 
 
 At the time that Na| oleori was 
 first Cousu! of France, the French 
 Dossessions in North America were 
 exposed to the marititne power of 
 Great Britain, with whom France 
 was at war, and vvere really a source 
 of weakness to the mother country 
 from their remote situation and tlieir 
 liability at any moment to fall into 
 the hands of the enemy 
 
 In this emergency Napoleon re- 
 solved to abandon his cherished no- 
 tions of colonial dependencies which 
 could not be protected, and entered 
 into negotiations with the United 
 States for their relinquishment. 
 
 In 1803 a treaty was consummated 
 between the two countries, which se- 
 curt'd to the United States the whole 
 of this vast territory for the sum of 
 §15,000,000. 
 
 The F^ouisiana purchase (although 
 unauthorized by the Constitution) is 
 an imperishable memorial of the 
 wisdom of Jetlerson's administration. 
 
 It extended the broad domain of 
 the Republic from the Mississippi to 
 the Pacific. It opened out its im- 
 mense resources to the struggling 
 masses of the old and new world, 
 and States and Territories have 
 arisen within its borders possessing 
 every variety of soil and climate, and 
 rich in mineral and agricultural 
 wealth. 
 
 In 1804 an expedition ivas fitted 
 out by the U. S. Government, under 
 commanil of Capts. Lewi- and Clark, 
 tor the purpose of exploring this 
 newly acquired Territ ry, and a viv- 
 id description is given in their jour- 
 nals of their ascending the Missouri 
 river in boats from St. Louis, and 
 touching at a point 9 miles above the 
 mouth ot the Platte river within the 
 present limits of Sarpy County. 
 
 It is stated that in 1S05 Manuel 
 Lesa, a Spanish adventurer, with his 
 party, visited the site t-n which 
 Bellevue is now situated, and upon 
 viewing the magnificent panorama 
 that was spread before them, Capt. 
 Lesa with a spontaneous burst of 
 admiration, exclaimed, "Belle vue!" 
 (or beautiful view] a name by which 
 it has since been recognized. 
 
 In 1810 the American Fur Compa 
 ny established a trading post at 
 Bellevue, and appointed Francis l^e 
 Roin Indian Trader, who was suc- 
 ceeded Ijy Joseph Robideux, who 
 served a term of &ix years, when his 
 place was supplied by John Cabanne 
 until superceded in 1824 by Col. 
 Peter A. Sarpy, the distinguished In- 
 dian Trader, who continued in that 
 capacity for about thirty years. 
 
 In 1823 Council Bluffs Indian 
 Agency at FortCalhonn was removed 
 to Bellevue, and included in its lim- 
 its the Omaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 
 Pottowatamie tribes of Indians. 
 
 In 1834 the Rev. Moses Merrill, a 
 Baptist Missionary, ci-ected a Mission 
 House among the Otoes, A stone 
 chimney still remains to point the 
 spot where a faithful Missionary sac- 
 rificed his litein"the discharge of his 
 duty. He died in 1535, and at the 
 request ot his wife was buried on the 
 Iowa side of the Missouri. His wife 
 and child returned to ths New Eng- 
 land States, and the river has long 
 since washed away all traces of his 
 lai^t resting place. The property on 
 which the Mission stood is now owned 
 by John F. Payne, who has resided 
 there thirteen years. 
 
 In the fall of 1834 Samuel Allis 
 and Rev. John Dunbar, under the 
 direction of the Presbyterian board 
 of Missions, arrived at tne agency at 
 Bellevue, in company with Major 
 
John Dougherty, Indian Agent to Bellevue was established. This year 
 
 the Otoes, Omahas and Pawnees, Col. Sarpy's ferry boat from St. .Ma- 
 
 where these Indians were paid their ry's to Bellevue was constantly eni- 
 
 annuities. Messrs. Allis and Dun- ploynd in crossing- over gold hunters 
 
 bar opened a school among the Paw- on their way to California, 
 
 nees at Council point, up the Platte, In 1852 Major Barrows, Stephen 
 
 which was afterwards abandoned on Decatur and others projected a town 
 
 account of the hostility of the Sioux, organization at Bellevue, which 
 
 and Mr. Allis returned to Bellevue seems to have existed oidy in name, 
 
 and taught the childien of the Paw- In this year the Hev. Mr, McKinnoy 
 
 nees at the agency, bu"lt a log dwelling house some dis- 
 
 Gen. Fretnont after exploring the tance north of the Mission House, 
 
 South Pass, stopped at the Indian where he resided with his family, but 
 
 Agency on his return in 1843, and shortly after resigned and the vacan- 
 
 sold his mules and wagons at auction cy \vas supplied by Kev. Wm. Ham- 
 
 and then descended the Missouri ilton, who arrived with his family 
 
 liver on boats to St. Loa's. June 6th, 1853. 
 
 In the fall of 1846 Rev. Edward In 1853 the Indian agency build- 
 
 McKinney, acting under instructions ings and blacksmith shops were 
 
 of the Pres. Board of F. Missions, orected on the plateau south of the 
 
 selected a site on the South-east part Missio;: lands under thn direction of 
 
 of the plateau at Bellevue for a Mis- Major Gatewood, the Indian agent, 
 
 sion House and school for the Otoes < /n the 9th of Fel)r'iary, 1854 the 
 
 and Omahas, which was approved by Bellevue Town Co. was formally or 
 
 Hon. Walter Lowrie, the Sec. gan zed with Col. P, A. Sarpy Ste- 
 
 of the Board on ins visit in the spring phen Decatur, Huam B. Bennett, 
 
 of 1847, and the buildings were com- Geo. Hejjiier, James M. Gatewood, 
 
 menced in the fall of 1847 and com- Geo. T. Turner, P. ,f. McMahon, A 
 
 pleted in 1848. W. Hol.ister and A. O. Ford as the 
 
 In 1847 the first detachment of original proprietors of the town, 
 
 M( rmons undei Brigham Young, known as the "Old Town Company." 
 
 their leader, reached the Missouri About this time Col. Manypenny- 
 
 river on their journey to Salt Luke, coinmissiuner of Indian aifairs and 
 
 in a weak and destitute condition. Major Gatewood, Indian agent, held 
 
 but were relieved by the generosity a council with the Omaha chiefs, with 
 
 of Col. Sarpy, who furnished them reference to selling their lands to the 
 
 supplies, sheltered them from U. S. The Indians appointed Logan 
 
 the storm- of winter, and in the Fontenell, a half-breed, as their head 
 
 spring crossed numbers of them over chief to assist in negotiating: a treaty 
 
 his ferry at this point free of expense, and a delegation (if chiefs headed by 
 
 Council Bluttd or Bellevue [as it Fontenelie proceeded to Washingtoj. 
 
 was now called] had become an im- A treaty was entered into March 
 
 l^ortant point on the Missouri river, Uhh, 1854, and ratified June 21st, 
 
 and the present Council Bluffs was 1854, which extinguished the Indian 
 
 known as Mormon Hollow, or Kanes- title to a laige portion of Nebraska. 
 
 v.lio. On the 27th of May, 1854, a bill 
 
 The ti'ading oost at Bellevue rn- was approved by congress, organiz 
 
 ceived thn furs and robes collected ing the Territories of Kansas and 
 
 from the trappers and traders along Nebraska, which received the sanc- 
 
 tlio Upper Missouri and Yellowstone tion of the President. The Territo- 
 
 rivers, which were floated down the ry of Nebraska, extending north of 
 
 Missouii in Mackinaw boats, and af- the Kansas line to the British pos- 
 
 terwards ie-ship[)(^d to St. Louis. sessions, opened up a country that is 
 
 Fieigh s and merchandise directed unsurpassed for fertility, although at 
 
 to Council Ijlutfs landed at the trad- one time regarded as* part of the 
 
 ing post. Groat American Desert. 
 
 In 184!i the Nel)raska post office at The 4th of July, 1854, was ob- 
 
served with much enthusiasm. An 
 immense vine-clad arbor was erect- 
 ed near the agency bnildings; the 
 star spangled banner floated in the 
 breeze, and a salute was fired for 
 each state in the Union, including 
 one for the new territory. D. E. 
 Reed acted as chairman. Among the 
 toasts was one by L. B. Kinney, viz: 
 "Bellevae. the belle of the west; the 
 center of our uni->n," which was r^- 
 sponded to in appropriate terms. 
 Another toast by Stephen Decatur, 
 viz: "Nebraska! the Key stone of 
 the federal arch," elicited the wild- 
 est applause. 
 
 Bellevue h.is the credit of publish- 
 ing the first newspaper in the terri- 
 tory, which appeared on the loth of 
 July 1854. and was entitled "The 
 Nebraska Palladivm''' — D. E. Reed, 
 editor and proprietor. It wa& print- 
 ed at St. Mary's, Iowa until the mid- 
 dle of Noveml)er, 185-*-, when it was 
 brought over the river and placed in 
 the south wing of tlie McKinney 
 House. V)r. E. N. Upjohn, now re- 
 siding in the county, struck off the 
 first paper avd 'I'homas Mo'lon set 
 up the fir»t column of the first news- 
 paper printed in the territory. It 
 died a natural death in April, 1855. 
 
 In Octol)er, ISS-t the Territorial of- 
 fic irs appointed by President Pierce 
 for this "^1 erri.ory be -an ta arrive. 
 
 Gov. Francis Burt o' South Caro- 
 lina, and his staff landed at BelUevue 
 on the 8th of Oct., 1854. followed 
 shortly after b^ the Secretary, Hon. 
 Thomas B Cyumiiig. On the 11th 
 Chief Justice Feniier Ferguson ar- 
 rived at the same place, each of whom 
 were received with the honors due 
 their respective stations. Gov. Burt 
 exhibited symptoms of disease on his 
 arrival, which proved fatal on the 18th 
 of Oct., 1854. Hq died at the Mis- 
 sion Hou e of a disease that baffled 
 the shill of Ms physicians, who be- 
 stowed on him the most unremitting 
 attention. H« also received the ut- 
 most care and kindn. ss from Rev. 
 Wm. Hamilton, V ith whem he was 
 staying as an invited guest. His re- 
 mains were taken to Pendleton, 
 South Carolina, his former home, un- 
 der a buitable escort. 
 
 Deputations and citizens from Ne- 
 braska City, Plattsnsouth, and other 
 points, waited upon Gov. Burt, each 
 urging their respective claims fo" the 
 location of the Capitol, and it was 
 his intention to have examined each 
 point and then decided upon the 
 most meritorious one for its location; 
 but being prostrated by sickness he 
 was unable to do so, and a<^ter his 
 death a pubh'c meeting was hekl, at 
 which the acting Governor made a 
 proposition to locate the Capitol at 
 Bellevue uroviding the Mission and 
 Town Co. would donate to him 100 
 acres off the North and of the M's- 
 sioH Reserve, which was indignantly 
 refused, and in a few dajs Omaha 
 was selected as the future (^apitol of 
 the Ter'-itory. 
 
 As emigration poured into the 
 Territory, it was deemed necessary to 
 oiganize claim clubs t« protect actu 
 al settlers in the possession of their 
 claims on the public laods, and the 
 first claim club north of the Platte 
 river was organized at Bellevue in 
 the tall of 1854. with Judge Wm. 
 Gi1m<.r as President and James 
 Gow, C. T. Holloway, and Abner W. 
 Hollister as committee to draft a 
 censtitution and by-laws. 
 
 The boufidaries of the various 
 counties in the Territory having been 
 defined, Douglas County included all 
 of what is now Sarpy Conty, and on 
 the 20th of November, 1854, was 
 appointed four Councilmen and eight 
 Representatives, in accordance vvith 
 tho first sensus returns made by the 
 acting Governor. The County of 
 Douglas was divided into two elec- 
 tion precincts, viz: the Omaha and 
 Bellevue precincts. 
 
 Nov. 30th, 1854 having been ap- 
 pointed by the Acting Governor, T. 
 B. Cuming, as Thanksgiving day, it 
 was observed at the Mission House 
 with services by Rev, Wm. Hamilton. 
 
 At the election for Representatives 
 to the Territorial Legislature, held 
 Dec. 12th, 1854, Bellevue precinct 
 polled 93 votes, and elected S. A. 
 Strickland Chas. T. Holloway, Ste- 
 phen Decatur, A. W. Hollister and 
 Philander Cook to serve as members 
 at the first session of the Territorial 
 
Legislature, which convened at Oma- his father being French. He was 
 ha January KJlh, 1855, but were not educated in St. Louis; spoke English 
 allowed to take their seats. fluently, and was at this time about 
 
 At this seasion of the Tiegislature thirty years of age; of medium 
 Bellevue was incorporetcd a.i a city, height; swarthy complexion; black 
 
 In the la:ter part of January, 1855 hair, and dark piercing eyes. In the 
 D. E. Reed was appointed postmas- middle of the summer of 1855 a pro- 
 ter. The postoffice was held at the cession might have been seen wend- 
 Jfission House, where his wife i-jg its way towards the old home of 
 taught the first white school In the Logan Fontenelle on the bluffs over- 
 Territory, looking the Missouri river and above 
 
 Nebioska Lod^e No 1 of A. F. & the stone quarries at BeUevue. It 
 A. M. was instituted at Bellevue in moved slowly along led by Louis 
 March 1855, although meetings were San-so-see, who was driving a team 
 held at tht> old trading post in 1854. with a wagon, in which, wiapped in 
 
 A number of complaints .vere made l)lankets and buffalo robes, was all 
 to Major Hepner, the Ind an agent, that was mortal of Logan Fontenelle, 
 that depredations were being com- tne Chief of the Omahas. On either 
 milted by the Omahas on the persons side the Indian chiefs and braves 
 and property of the whites, and a mounted on ponies, with the squaws 
 council was held at the Mission House and relatives of the deceased, e.v- 
 in Bellevue, in April 1855, at which pres ed their grief in mournful out- 
 were prest^nt White Cow, Yellow cries. Hs remains weie taken to 
 Smoke, Standing Hawk and other the house which he had left a short 
 chiefs, vith Henry FonteneLe, a half time before, and now, desolate and 
 breed, as in'^.erpret«r. The agent afflicted, they related the incidents 
 told them that the tribe must not stay of his death. He had l>een killed i)v 
 longer to harrass the whites, but the Sioux on the Loup ii'ork thirteen 
 must leave for their reserve provided da3'S before, while on a hunt with the 
 for them in the treaty. The chiefs Omahas. Hiiving left the main body 
 replied by stating their grievance in with San-so-see in pursuit of o-ame, 
 having to leave their olil hunting and while in a ravine that hid them 
 grounds and home; that they could from the sight of the i/uiahas, they 
 not restrain their young brave« from came in contact with a band ol Sioux 
 stealing from the pale faces when on the war path, who attacked them 
 away from the village, and appealed San-so see escaped in some thick un- 
 to their father to ask tho great father de brush, while Fonten. lie stood*his 
 at Washington to send them more grouid fighting desperately and 
 ponies and guns, as they were ])oor killing three ol his adversaries when 
 and needed them to defend them- he fell, pierced with 14 arrows and 
 selves when attacked by the Sioux. the prized scalp lock was taken by 
 In an interview the writer had with his enemies. The Omahas did not 
 their chie' I^ogan Fontenelle the day recover his body until the next day. 
 before the Omahas left foi- their re- It was the wish of Col. Sarpy to have 
 serve in .June 1855, he expressed him interred on the bluff"8 fronting 
 himself as dissatisfied with the Gov the house in which he had lived, and 
 ernment in sendi-- a weak and de- a coffin was made which proved tco 
 feuceless tribe of less than 1,000 small without unfolding the blankets 
 souls to be massicred b^ the Sioux, which enveloped him, and as he had 
 having thousands of warriors; and been dead so long was a disagreea- 
 that a company of troops should be ble task. After putting him in the 
 sent with them to afford [)rotection. coffin, his wives, who witnessed the 
 But he added, pointing to his Colts scene, uttered the most piteous cries, 
 revolver, "if attacked I am good for cutting their ankles until the blood 
 six of them." The sequel proved his ran in streams. An old Indian wom- 
 fears were true. an who looked like the witch of En- 
 
 Logai? Foucenelle wasa half breed, dor, standing between the house and 
 
the gra. e, lifted her arms to Heaven 
 and shrieked h'^r maledictions upon 
 the heads of his murderers. Colonel 
 Sarpy, Stephen Decatur, Mrs. Sloan, 
 an Otoe iialf-breed and others stood 
 over the grave where his body was 
 lowered, and while Decatur was read- 
 ing the impressive funeral service of 
 the Ep'scopal Church, he was inter- 
 rupted by Mrs. Sloan who stood by 
 his side and in a loud tone told him 
 that "a man of his character ought 
 to be ashamed of himself to make a 
 mockerv of the christian religion by 
 reading the solemn services of the 
 church." He proceeded, however. 
 u itil the end. After the whites, 
 headed by Col. Sarpy, had paid their 
 last respects, the Indians filed around 
 the grave and made a few demon- 
 strations of sorrow; the whites dis- 
 persing to their homes, and the Indi- 
 ans to relate their own exploits and 
 the daring of their dead chief. 
 
 COL. PETBB A. SARPY. 
 
 In April 1355 Col. Peter A. Sarpy 
 was keeping a store at St, Marys, 
 Towa, then a station on the stage 
 route from St. .Toe to Council Bluffs. 
 As my destination was Bellevue Ne- 
 braska, 1 stopped here and alighted 
 from the stage with Col. Gilmore, a 
 friend of Sa'-py, who received us 
 with a cordial and affectionate greet- 
 ing. We were invited to the store 
 where reireshments were served, and 
 I had a good opportunity to observe 
 the ec3entr)C't!es of our worthy host. 
 He Vras about 55 years of age; rather 
 below the medium height; blae'c hair, 
 dark complexion; well knit and com- 
 pact frame, and a heavy ijeard that 
 had scorned a razor's touch for many 
 a year. His maiiner was command- 
 ing; his address fluent, and in the 
 presence of the opposite sex polished 
 and refined. Col. Sarpy was of 
 French extraction, and educated in 
 St. Louis, where his relatives occu- 
 pied high social )30s;tions. He pre 
 ferred the freedom of the western 
 prairies to the society and refinement 
 of civilized life, and was never hap- 
 pier than in visiting the Omaha 
 wigwams under the b'uffs near the 
 old trading post, who looked upon 
 him as their Ne-ka-gah-he, or Big 
 
 Chief. To one of their number — 
 Ne-ko-ma his reputed wife — he was 
 more than once indebted for the pre- 
 servation of his life when attacked 
 by hostile Indians. She had been 
 the wife of Dr. Cole, the surgeon of 
 the post at the Indian Agency at 
 Fort Calhoun. Her influence with 
 the trioe was unbounded, and to 
 please her they were often feasted at 
 Sarpy's expense. She is now living 
 at the Omaha Agency enjoying a 
 pension from his estate. Bnt T am 
 digressing. The con versation turned 
 xapon the action of the Acting Gov- 
 ernor in removing the capitol from 
 Bellevue to Omaha; the killing of 
 Hollistpr by Dr. Henry, and other 
 topics of general interest in the new- 
 ly organized Territory; and while 
 Sarpv portrayed in glowing colors the 
 noble traits of the red man arid the 
 injustice and wrong they had suffered 
 at the hands of the whites, he was 
 interrupted b} a tall, gaunt looking 
 specimen of humanity, who ap- 
 proached him and said: "This talk 
 about the Indians as good, brave and 
 intelligent may suit you traders 
 who have been enriched by exchang- 
 ing your gew-gaws for thei'' valuable 
 buffalo robes and defrauding them of 
 their annuities; but I have lived 
 among them too, and I know them 
 to be a lying, thieving, treacherous 
 race, incapable of distinguishing 
 right from wrong, and the sooner 
 they are exterminated the better it 
 will be for the country," Sarpy ad- 
 vanced to the front of the speaker, 
 and in an excited manner addiessed 
 him in reply: "Do you know who I 
 am, sir?" With emphasis: "I am 
 Peter A. Sarpy, sir; the old horse on 
 the sand bar, sir! If you want to 
 fighl sir, I'm your man, sir! I can 
 whip the devil, sir! Choose your 
 weapons, sir; bjwie-knife, shot-gun 
 or revolver, sir! I'm your man, sir!" 
 He snapped his pistol at the lighted 
 candle ©n the table, a distance of 
 about three paces, which left us ixi 
 total darkness, when the stranger 
 availed himself of chis opportunity 
 to make his exit by the side door, 
 glad !:o have escaped the unerring 
 marksmart, who might have ex- 
 
tinguished him in like manner. ers in wagons. The Bellevue dele- 
 
 At th 3 fall election in 1855 Gen gation .net the Omaha delegation, 
 eral L. L. Boweii was elected Coun- commanded by Col. Thayer (since 
 cdman from this part of Donglas (^., Gen. Thayer) at Saling's Grove, 
 and the next spring he secured a sep- Scouts were sent in every direction 
 erate Election District embracing the to find the trail, but no traces of it 
 present limits of Sarpy Co. could bg found. A council of war 
 
 Our first justice of the peace was was held and these hardy veterans 
 Squire Griffin, who was an eccentric commanded to make /orcer? marches 
 charicter and had peculiar notions of to the Pawnee village; recover 
 the dignity of his position. In ap- the cattle, and strike terror into the 
 pealing to" his legal knowledge, he ranks of the red skins. At night 
 used to say: "Tf the Court under- they camped neai a stream in a grove 
 stands herself, and she thinks she do; lying about eight miles South-west, 
 the law reads thus." His form of an known as Langs Grove, and at pres- 
 oath was also peculiar, rounded as it ent Aver's Grove, and as many were 
 was with the "financial period." tired and hungry, loud murmurs of 
 Commanding the witness to hold up discontent ai-ose when a few stale 
 his right hand, he proceeded: "You crackers and a piece of rusty bacon 
 do solemnly swear thai the evidence was apportioned by the commis-ary 
 you shall g'ive in this case shall be as rations for each recruit. While 
 the truth, the whole truth, and noth- they were sleeping on the dead leaves 
 mg but the truth, as you shall answer with the stump of a t'-ee for a pillow, 
 at the great day Twenty-five C'^nts." some dreamed of hotne, ethers of 
 In the trial of a suit before him in the mo'row. A few who were awake 
 which B. P. Rankin and S. A. Strick- heard the tinkling of cow bells not 
 land were opposing counsel, thev be- far fiom the camp. In the morning 
 came very excited and personal in a courier arrived with the news that 
 their I emarks, and liar and other epi- the whole ot the catt'e had been 
 thets were freely used by both par- found near the month of the Platte 
 ties, when the Court felt' it his duty rive--, but that during the night a 
 to assess a fine of ^o ''»0 each for con- numi)er of .Jonas Mitchel's cattle had 
 tempt of Court. Rankin advanced been driven off by the Pawnees who 
 to the desk and threw down a *5.00 must have passed close by the catnp. 
 gold piece, saying: ••Your Honor, This baffled the generalship of the 
 there is the five dollars, and I beg whites and further pursuit of tne In- 
 you to understand that I have always dians was abondonel. Those who 
 felt, and do scill feel, a most profound participated in this campaign were 
 contempt for </«"s^ow«." Before the afterwards known as "the survivors 
 Court could recover from its surprise oi the Pawnee war.'' 
 Rankin had disappeared and was al- Charles Childs claims to have built 
 lowed to go in peace. Strickland the first flouring mill in the Territo- 
 was stung t.« the quick and begged ry in IS55 at a point on the Missouri 
 imploringly of tli? Court to remit river tnree miles north of Bellevue, 
 the fine, as his reputati(m was at since known as "Childs' Vlill.'^ 
 siake, but the old squire was inexor- In January 1856 the Mission Re- 
 able and when the fine was paid his serve was incorporated vvithm the 
 honor renic^i-ked that "the dignity of limits ot Bellevue by an Act of the 
 this honorable Court must be upheld." Legislature, l»eing a section of land 
 The first Jnd an scare was in 1855, reserved in the Treaty with the Oma- 
 when John Saling rushed into Belle- has to the Presbyterian Board of F. 
 vue on horseback and reported that Missions, and for which the Govern- 
 thirtv-three head of cattle had been ment afterwards granted a patent, 
 stolen at Saling's Grove by the Indi- The Fontenelle Bank was incorpo- 
 ans and driven off. Everybody rated in 1856, and transacted busi- 
 turned out armed with every kind of ness in Bellevue until the financial 
 weapon; some on horseback and oth- crash of 1857. During this year the 
 
Benton House was completed and 
 kept as a hotel by Geo. .Jenning-s, and 
 the Mission House converted into a 
 iiotel kept by Jas. T. Allen, and 
 known as the Bellevue House. A 
 citv organization for Bellevue was 
 efFeJted in the election of Reuben 
 Lovejoy Mayor, and Wm. D. Rowles, 
 J. T. Allen and A. H. Burtch Alder- 
 men. " Yoiiag America,^'' a nexvspa- 
 per printed at Bellevue by Wm. M. 
 Thompson, figured about this time, 
 but was shortlived. It was succeed- 
 ed by the "Bellevue Gazette,'''' which 
 launched its first number to the pub- 
 lic Oct. 23id 1856. 
 
 The Presbyterian church was com- 
 pleted in 1856, and Rev. Wm. Ham- 
 ilton installed as minister in charge. 
 
 At an election held in November, 
 1S56, Gen. L. L. Bo wen and J. S. 
 Allen were ejected Councilinen of 
 this election district, andS. A. Strick- 
 land, C. T. HoUoway, John Finney 
 and Joseph Dyson Representatives; 
 and through their exertions Sarpy 
 County was set oflF from Douglas 
 County and its present boundaries 
 defined by an Act ol the J legislative 
 Assembly vi Nebraska, approved 
 Feb.7th, 1S57. Gen. L. L. Bowen, 
 C. T. HoUowcXy and S. A. Strickland 
 were the commissioners appointed to 
 locate the County Seat, and Belle- 
 vue was selected. 
 
 The first election after the organi- 
 zation of the county v^as held May 
 35th, 1857. Wm. H. Cook was elect- 
 ed Judge of Probate; C. D. Keller, 
 Register of Deeds; S. D. Bangs, Co. 
 Clerk; W. F. Wiley, Co. Treasurer; 
 H. A. Longsdorf, Supt. of Common 
 Schools; W. H. Hai'vey, Co. Survey- 
 or; John M. Enoch, -Sheriff, and John 
 B. Glover, Robert McCarty, and 
 Philander Cook, County Commission- 
 ers. 
 
 The County Commissioners held 
 their first session, which was a spe- 
 cial session, on the 19th of June, 
 1857, at the Court House in Bellevue. 
 They next met in regular session Ju- 
 ly 6th, 1857, and divided the county 
 into three commissioner's districts 
 and two election precincts, known as 
 the Bellevue and Plattford precincts. 
 The Clerk was instructed to issue 
 
 notices of the general election for 
 Territorial and Countv officers, to be 
 held Aug. 3rd, 1857. " 
 
 At thi- election the Hon. Fenrser 
 Ferguson, of Sarpy Co., having re- 
 ceived the aighest number of votes, 
 was elected delegate to Congress. 
 He resided at Bellevue until his 
 death which occurred Nov. 11th, 1859. 
 His successor as Chief Justice was 
 the Hon. Augustus Hall, of Iowa, who 
 arrived in Bellevue witn his tamily 
 in March 1858, and died at his resi- 
 dence near that place Feb. 1st, 1861. 
 
 Bellevue Lodge No. 4 I. O. O. F. 
 was instituted Aug. 9Th, 1857, W. H. 
 Cook, N. G, 
 
 We have said thus much in refer- 
 ence to the early history of Bellevue, 
 as it is intimately connected with the 
 history of the Territory before and 
 since its organization. We have 
 many historical facts and reminiscen- 
 ces relating to other portions of Sar- 
 py County, which must necessarily 
 be omitted in this article for want of 
 time, but which will appear in the 
 complete history of the county. 
 
 LA PLATTE. 
 
 The original town of La Platte was 
 situated directly on the Missouri riv- 
 er, iietween the Platte river and Pa- 
 pillion creek, and east ot its present 
 location. In 1855 the proprietors cf 
 the town — Gen. W. Larimer, Col. R. 
 Hoi^ebooni, B. P. Rankin and Gov. 
 Cuming — .erected a double log house 
 as a hotel, and built a steam saw- 
 mill costing $7,000. Daniel Turner, 
 Rev. John Hughes and G. W. Tozier 
 were among the first settlers. The 
 town, from its proximity to the river, 
 was subject to periodical overflows, 
 and in 1856 was abandoned fo; high- 
 er ground. A new town west oi 
 there, extending to the edge of the 
 table land, was organized and platted 
 by Larimer & Hogeboom, who pur- 
 chased the land owned by Turner & 
 Hughes, and it was named "Larimer" 
 in honor of one ol its founders. The 
 first hotel was built by Col. Hoge- 
 boom and kept by Mr. Shannon. 
 
 Between this place and the Mis- 
 souri river a town named Platona was 
 surveyed and Platted by Daniel 
 Gantt, who built a hotel. This town 
 
has long since ceased to exist. 
 
 Another town east of this and the 
 Missouri river, called Triaqua, shared 
 the same fate. 
 
 The present town of La Platte was 
 laid out by the O. & S. W. R. R. Co. 
 in 1870, and is situated neaily in the 
 south east corner of the county, em- 
 bracing a portion of the onginal 
 Larimer town site. It may be said to 
 command the key to the Platte Val 
 ley, being not Tar from the junction 
 of the Platte river with the Missouri. 
 The limestone quarries a short dis- 
 tance al)Ove town and south-west, af- 
 ford employment to large numbei's. 
 Tne stone is shipped to Omaha, Lin- 
 coln, and other points by the B. & M. 
 R. R. Co.. who have an excellent sta- 
 tion at this place. There is a hotel, 
 grist mill, store, blacksmith shop and 
 other buildings, and a good shipping 
 trade is cai'ried on in grain and other 
 articles of merchandize. 
 
 The railroad bridge crosses the 
 Platte river near this place, and is on 
 the line of the B. & M. Railroad. 
 
 FAIUriRW 
 
 was designed l)y its origina^'ors as a 
 suitable locatit)n for the fucuie Coun- 
 ty Seat. It IS about ten miles from 
 the mouth of the Platte river, on a 
 high and lieautiful plateau, and sur- 
 rounded by well improved farms. 
 The Methodists have a flourishing 
 Church and Sunday School in opera- 
 tion. As a town it has proved to be 
 a failure. 
 
 PAPILLIOJ^. 
 
 As early as 1857 John L. Beadle, 
 of New York, visited this county 
 and pieempted aooition of the land 
 on which Papillion now stands. He 
 was a practical man and had studied 
 the topography of the country with 
 a view to its future developemen*^. 
 He Considered this point in the Pa- 
 pillion Valley as the natural outlet to 
 the rich agricultural countr^^ extend- 
 ing south and west to the Platte riv- 
 er, and believing that the Nation's 
 highway to the PaciHc would in time 
 traverse this valley to reach the 
 Platte, his faith in its future prosper- 
 ity was unbounded, and had he lived 
 he would have seen his fondest wishes 
 
 realized in the beautiful little town 
 which is now our County Seat, and 
 around which in future the historical 
 associations of the county will clus- 
 ter. 
 
 The first building erected was by 
 Dr. D. E. Beadle (a brother of John 
 L. Beadle) in Nov., 1869, and the 
 town surveyed and piAtted in 
 Oct., 1870. He also started the first 
 store in Jan., 1870, and sold his in- 
 terest to Sander & Bro. in August of 
 the same year. 
 
 S. M. Pike, who owned the land 
 adjoining on the south, had a portion 
 of it surveyed and platted as "South 
 Papillion," and from this time its 
 growth has been steady, until now 
 the population reaches about 400. 
 
 The "Sarpy Co. /Sentinel!'^ edited 
 by Geo. T. Hatfield, was published 
 here, and tifterwards by J. C. New- 
 beriy, until its removal to Sarpy Cen- 
 tre during the exciting canvass for 
 County Seat in 1875. 
 
 The "Papill.'on Times"' commenced 
 its publication in November, 1874, 
 with A. R. Kennedy as editor, who 
 has continued in that capacity ever 
 since. 
 
 The court house and public school 
 both built of brick, are (jrnaments 
 to the tjvvn. There are also a num- 
 ber of tasteful private residerices. 
 There are two good hotels, several 
 stores, a flouring mill, warehouses, 
 shops, public hall and post office. Al- 
 so a German Methodist church. Sev- 
 eral other churches are in contempla- 
 tion. 
 
 This being an important station on 
 the U P. railroad, a large amount of 
 grain is annually shipped at this 
 point. 
 
 SARPY CENTRE 
 
 lies nearly in the geographical center 
 of the county. The idea of layiag 
 out a town was fiist cenceived by 
 Capt. J. D. Spearman, who purchased 
 the land. A company was organized 
 and the town surveyed and platted 
 in 1875. For a time it disputed gal- 
 lantly with Papillion for the County 
 Seal, but was defeated at the last gen- 
 eral election. 
 
 There is a good hotel, store, black- 
 smith shop, and other buildings. 
 
The "Sarpv Co. SentineV is pub- 
 lished here. 
 
 There are good roads converging 
 at this point from every direction, 
 and an excellent business is carried 
 on with the surrounding country, 
 
 FOEKST CITY 
 
 was organized as a town A pril 18th, 1858, 
 with Barney Scott, Peter Forbes, Mathew 
 J. Shields, ^\m. Sayles and Geo. B. Ack- 
 ley as Trustees. It is a town of modest 
 pretentions, and has never boasted of a 
 large population. It is settled by an in- 
 dustrious, thriving people, and as its nat- 
 ural resources become developed the town 
 will improve, and should the projected 
 bridge across the Platte, connecting Saun- 
 ders with Sarpy Couuty, be built at or 
 near this point, its tuture prosperity is 
 doubly assured. 
 
 GILMOBB, 
 on the U. P. Railroad, 10 miles from 
 Omaha, was laid out by the U. P. K. K. 
 Co., who built a substantial depot on the 
 line at this point. David Leach after- 
 wards laid out an addition to the town. 
 These parties have since succeeded in 
 having it vacated. 
 
 Papillion City, laid out in 1857, at a 
 point about 2% miles north-east of the 
 present town of Papillioa; Plattford, 
 Hazleton, towns in this county organ- 
 ized in an early day, have long since re- 
 turned to their primitive state. 
 
 We have thus taken a retrospective view 
 of some of the events that have transpired 
 in the early liistory of Sarpy County, p'c- 
 ferring in this centennial year to omit its 
 later history, as this will eventually be 
 embodied in the general history of the 
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