Bellevue Nebraska

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Nebraska's oldest city, founded in 1853. Lewis and Clark, in their search for the headwaters of the Missouri, were some of the first explorers of present-day Bellevue. The City of Bellevue began as a fur post established by the Missouri Fur Company in 1822 to serve as a central trading point with local Omaha, Otoe, and Pawnee tribes. It received its name from early trappers who were impressed with the beauty of the view overlooking the Missouri River. In French, Bellevue means "beautiful view." Ideally situated on the Missouri River with access to the Platte Valley, Bellevue became the hub for transfer of manufactured goods from the East and furs from the West. From the 1830's until the 1850's, Bellevue prospered. With the decline of the fur trade, Bellevue changed during the decade of the 1850's. With the opening of eastern Nebraska to settlement in 1854, Bellevue experienced a building boom, with the erection of the First Presbyterian Church, a bank, a hotel, and dozens of private...

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