The community supported the creation of Nebraska Territory in 1854.

The Nebraska Territory was created in 1854 with the condition that the area stay slave-free.

It had one of the first churches in the Nebraska Territory.

He became the governor of the Nebraska Territory in 1855 to 1857.

He served as the public printer for the Nebraska Territory in 1857.

Butler turned down the governorship of the Nebraska Territory in 1855.

Their community was the first city in the Nebraska Territory.

Before the neighborhood was created, the area was the focus of the first court trial ever held in the Nebraska Territory.

That year the Nebraska Territory was organized and opened to settlement.

He served as the last Governor of Nebraska Territory from 1861 to 1867.