William D. Brown, the founder of the Lone Tree Ferry and the man who first claimed the town site that Omaha was built on attended.
Others included Alfred D. Jones, the first postmaster and surveyor; William P. Snowden, the first actual settler and the first auctioneer; Andrew J. Poppleton, the first lawyer; John Logan, the first man married in Omaha; Dr. Lowe, one of the original founders of the town) Dr. Miller, the first physician; John Withnell, who assisted in laying the first brick in Omaha in the old State House; O.B.
McPherson, who ran the first steam ferry; Captain Downs, who assisted A. D. Jones to survey the town; General Estabrook, the first United States District Attorney for Nebraska; Joseph W. Paddock, the first clerk of the first House of Representatives; Col. Miller, father of Dr. Miller; R.N.
The honorary managers were: Dr. Enos Lowe, A.S. Paddock, A. J. Poppleton, Colonel Lewis Merrill, J.H.
According to George L. Miller, an early editor of the Omaha Herald, the organization ceased to be active after 1868.