List of founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska

The original founding event to establish the City of Omaha was recorded as a picnic on July 4, 1854.

It took place on the hillside that eventually became home of the Nebraska Territory Capitol, and later Omaha Central High School.

Some of the figures in attendance at this event are included on this list; others were left off because their influence in the city did not continue afterwards.

[1]+ [2] Some of the attendees included Hadley A. Johnson; Alfred D. Jones and his wife; A.J.

[3] Others in the following list were members of the Old Settlers' Association and/or the Omaha Claim Club.

Omaha's perpetual mayor, Cowboy Jim Dahlman
Logan Fontenelle , chief of the Omaha Tribe who signed the treaty making the city of Omaha's land available
Edward Rosewater , founder and editor of the Omaha Bee , a pioneer-era newspaper