Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-02-12
Benevue-Its Advantages and
Prospects,

ri,ory Of Nebraska was described on our
maps as ~"unexplored regions" The Amer
lean Fur Company despatched a corps Of
men, with Gen, Peter A. Sarpy at its
head, for the purpose of examining the
country and locating n Grading post" on
he mos, eligible point IN the Missouri
river. After examining this then wild
region in its length and breadth, Gen.
Sarpy selected this point as altogether the
most eligible, and here he established the
"posa" for trailicing with the natives for
their furs, peltry, So. lie found the
Missouri river Of easy navigation to this
point lie found plenty of timber and
stone, and the most beautiful site for II
future town that his eye looked upon in
the course Of his heightened travels. He
found also lying back of it the most fer
tile and lovely valley--the valley of the
Papillion creek and Platte river-that ma
ture, with her muni6cent hand, ever
formed. 1t was, moreover, the %favorite
resort and camping ground of the red
man. All things concurred in recon-
mending the spot. The wise prescience
Of Gen. s., for which he has ever been
distinguished, told him that one day q
great thoroughfare from the Atlantic to
the Pacific must be established, and he
seized upon this spot as the key to that
grea, valley along which his sagacily sug.
gesled that hat great highway must run.
Typographical and geographical surveys
have since fully sanctioned the president
wisdom which prompted him to the Sc
lection. Subsequently, the Presbyterian
Board Of Foreign Missions, after extended
examinations, resolved TO establish a Mis-
sion at Bellevue, as the most inviting
place, and here, for many years before
the country was open to settlement by the
whites, the "trading post" and the mis-
sion" were in active operation. The
place was named "~BILLrvuE," because
of its exceeding beauty ms compared with
any other place to be found in the Terri
tory. No one who has ever seen it, vii
deny the appropriateness of the designa
ton, And now, we ask, is there no,hin!
in these circumstances indicative of futur
prosperity to Bellevue1 Let us ''judg
Of the future by the past" Let us eli
quire into the history Of other places
the west, and see how far their origin
in analogy to the origin of Bellevue. S
Louis was once only a Grading post" al
missionary station" Chicago was onc
only a "trading post" and 'missionnl
station" Detroit was once only a str
ding post" and "missionary station" tt
same may be said of Pitsburg, and
every western city that has grown in
importance. And why is itf 1t is b
cause these pioneers sent out by the F
Companies have The whole country
choose from, and their travel and eypel
ence have enabled them to select the b.
locations. II was empha,ically so in t
case of Bellevue. Not another pc.
equal in beauty and natural ~advanlag
can be found in the whole Territory
Nebraska-not me-. Spectators m
plat towns, and m to build theI
but the laws of nature alone, can uph,
and ensure their progress. Thus has
ever been, and unless the laws of natl
become subverted, thus it ever will
We are not envious of other towns sprir
inc up under the hot-house cultivation
spectators. We know they must hi
their day, and live until the speculat
have disposed Of their Original shar,
and town lots to the green and gree
who rush in from the East and sui
themselves to be blindfolded by the P
s~uasions and arts of the land sharks y
stand ready at every corner TO te
them OF their money. Not SO win be
vue. Her proprietOrs do not go "kitil
with shares, and stock and lots, TO n
lead and take in the unwary. Prope
in Bellevue has a substantial value, {
is sold TO settlers instead of speculate
The city is growing by means of ind
try and honest enterprise, In no city
the Territory is property so low in
portion to its intrinsic value, and in
city is the prospect so good of a IA,
substantial increase Of price, based u
the business of the place and the farm
--I:-. III. Of II md snnEinn a Ii