History of Bellevue as seen at Durham History Museum

 This information is provided at the museum with regards to Bellevue.

The original trading post that was on the river then but not now

County is named for Peter Sarpy

Standing Bear, Ponca Chief

Baptist Mission to Oto Indians Near Bellevue

 Moses and Eliza Merrill came to the Bellevue area in 1835 to establish a Baptist Mission.  They were the first Christian missionaries to come to Nebraska.  The mission was established three miles west of Bellevue.  The government provided a log cabin and school.  It included several more buildings over time including a blacksmith shop.  Merrill died in 1840 and was buried in St Mary, across the Missouri from Bellevue.  The mission burned and only the chimney remained.

picture from Sarpy County museum, 

historical plaque near intersection of 75 and 34