Nebraska Palladium

[2] After Daniel E. Reed and his wife moved to the territory from New England,[3] they and journalist Thomas Morton founded and published the paper in Bellevue, Nebraska, in 1854.

[4] Reed declared that the event "may seem unimportant now" but "will form an epoch in history, which will be remembered ages after those present on this interesting occasion, are no more".

[D][4] The paper published poetry,[1] reports on the musical life of Nebraska,[5] and it had a distinctive political perspective: It advocated for Bellevue to become the territorial capital over Omaha.

[6] It rivaled the Arrow,[E] edited by Joseph E. Johnson, a Mormon, who sought to increase settlement in Omaha and make it the capital.

[8] Its readership extended from the Nebraska Territory into Iowa, and it frequently received letters from Iowan readers.