Nebraska Palladium
The Nebraska Palladium, also known as the Nebraska Palladium and Platte Valley Advocate, was a newspaper in Nebraska. Published in Bellevue, Nebraska (then "Belleview"), it is generally regarded as the first newspaper published in the Nebraska Territory, running issues from 1854 to 1855. It was printed by Thomas Morton. Its "self-proclaimed primary purpose was to promote the village of Bellevue and its bid for the capital of the Nebraska Territory." It also rivaled the "Omaha Arrow", a regional newspaper edited by Mormon Joseph Ellis Johnson, which was started only two weeks after the "Nebraska Palladium" was first  published; the "Arrow" sought to increase settlement in Omaha, while the "Nebraska Palladium" sought settlement in Bellevue. It published poems as well as traditional news commentary. Its reach was wide: the paper circulated not only in Nebraska, but in neighboring Iowa. The editor, Daniel E. Reed, stated on the importance of the paper's founding: "This event, although to some, may seem unimportant now, will form an epoch in history, which will be remembered ages after those present on this interesting occasion, are no more." For financial reasons, the paper stopped printing after five months.