Nebraska Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
May 1854: The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska.
Chronology
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1. Events
July 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
September 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
October 1855: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
September 1857: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
March 1858: In 1858 the Ponca signed a treaty by which they gave up parts of their land to the United States in return for protection from hostile tribes and a permanent reservation home on the Niobrara
April 1858: U.S. treaty concluded at Washington, D. C. with the Yankton Sioux.
October 1859: The Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859.
February 1861: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
March 1861: Nebraska Territory's western border was moved to 27° west from Washington, gaining small portions of Utah Territory and Washington Territory.
March 1861: In 1861, Dakota Territory was organized from Nebraska Territory. This decision was made by President James Buchanan and Secretary of State William H. Seward, in response to the increasing population and demand for separate territorial status in the region.
March 1861: U.S. treaty concluded at Fort Wise, Kansas territory, with the Arapaho and Cheyenne of Upper Arkansas.
March 1863: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the bill organizing Idaho Territory, which included parts of Dakota Territory and Nebraska Territory. This move was in response to the increasing population and the need for better governance in the region.
March 1865: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
May 1865: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
March 1867: Nebraska Territory was admitted as the thirty-seventh state, Nebraska, in 1867. This event was significant as it marked the official establishment of Nebraska as a state within the United States.
Disestablishment
March 1867: Nebraska Territory was admitted as the thirty-seventh state, Nebraska, in 1867. This event was significant as it marked the official establishment of Nebraska as a state within the United States.
Selected Sources
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 820
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 824
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