However, when they did not complete the task of meeting in Saratoga and establishing a campus within one year they lost their permission to charter.
[7] In January, 1858 a group of representatives illegally moved the territorial legislature to Florence following a violent outburst at the capitol building.
Despite having a majority of members present for the vote to remove the capital and all agreeing, the "Florence Legislature" did not succeed in swaying the Nebraska Territory governor.
[8] In early 1860 the territorial legislature authorized a special election to consider forming a state constitution, which did not pass.
[10] Six years later, on January 9, 1866 the territorial Governor Alvin Saunders urged the Legislature to consider statehood.