August 8, 1846 — 2,500 Mormon pioneers settled near Omaha

2,500 Mormons created a settlement called “Cutler’s Park” in August 1846 in what is now Omaha. The settlement is considered Nebraska’s first town. The settlers got permission from a U.S. Indian Agent to settle there and elected a mayor, city council, had policemen and firefighters and a school. Mormons would continue traveling across Nebraska for the next several years.

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