Talk:List of founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska

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The real founding figures

I finally found a source for inclusion or exclusion on the list for this page. It seems several included names actually come from the second period of Omaha's existence, and that the list is missing a lot of folks from the first. The names follow, and many will be incorporated in the list soon. Listed according to the dates representing the time that they "first stepped on Nebraska soil."^[1]

William D. Brown, June 3, 1850
Enos Lowe, June 25, 1853
H. D. Johnson, October, 1853
Alfred D. Jones, November, 1853
C. H. Downs, April 23, 1854
A. R. Gilmore, May 24, 1854
William Snowden (settler), July 1, 1854
O. B. Selden, September 23, 1854
J. W. Paddock, September 24, 1854
William Gray, September]], 1854
John Withnell, October, 1854
S. E. Rogers, October, 1854
A. J. Poppleton, October, 13, 1854
Lorin Miller, October 19, 1854
George L. Miller, October 19, 1854
James G. Megeath, November, 1854
E. Estabrook, June 23, 1855
John Davis, March 16, 1855
John Evans, March, 1855
H. H. Visscher, April 3, 1855
David Richards, April, 1855
R. N. Withnell, May 2, 1855
Edwin Patrick, May 7, 1855
E. H. Warner, May 10, 1855
John Logan, July 9, 1855
O. P. Ingalls, September 7, 1855
John P. McPherson, October, 25, 1855
Reverend Gaylord, December 25, 1855
Moses Shinn, April, 1855
J. M. Marston, November 18, 1855
W. W. Wyman, June 5, 1855
Allen Root, May 16, 1855
A. B. Moore, April 22, 1854
D. C. Sutphen, September 4. 1857
H. B. Paris, November 15, 1857
M. B. Riley, August 11, 1857
Daniel Gantt, May 12, 1857
J. W. Pickard, December 19, 1855
S. A. Orchard, November 15, 1855
J. H. Sahler, August 29, 1856
R. S. Knox, January 3, 1856.

The number of first actual settlers is very small but if we draw a distinction between first settlers and old settlers we can name quite number of persons who may be regarded as among the latter. Any person who came to Omaha previous to 1860 ought to be and is regarded as an old settler.

Father de Smet was an early missionary in the Omaha area and T. B. Roye ran a trading post from 1825-1828.^[2]

– Freechild (¡!¡!¡!¡) 19:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Chapter XXIX: Old Settlers", Early History of Omaha. p. 214.
^ "Chapters I-VII:The Bottom Facts", Early History of Omaha. p. 214.

[1] "Chapter XXIX: Old Settlers", Early History of Omaha. p. 214.

[2] "Chapters I-VII:The Bottom Facts", Early History of Omaha. p. 214.

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