Scriptown was the name of the first subdivision in the history of Omaha, which at the time was located in Nebraska Territory. It was called "Scriptown"...

later used to entice Nebraska Territorial legislators to an area called Scriptown. The Territorial capitol was in Omaha, but when Nebraska became a state...

During this period many of the city's founding fathers received lots in Scriptown, which was made possible by the actions of the Omaha Claim Club. The club's...

territorial legislature, and they were run out of town for accepting shares in Scriptown. At the end of the Civil War, an Iowa Veteran's Orphans Home was founded...

capital to other locations, including Florence and Plattsmouth. In the Scriptown corruption scheme, ruled illegal by the United States Supreme Court in...

Villard was named as county seat. In 1885 this designation was moved to Scriptown. In 1886 the designation was again moved, to Towner, which has remained...

to the west is the newly annexed community area/past city of Elkhorn. Scriptown was a conspicuous development first platted in 1855 to award Nebraska...

were fruitful. Lots in one of the early plots were subdivided to form Scriptown, where territorial legislators were awarded with land for keeping the...

activities and subsequent activities that exhibit this form of collusion. Scriptown Three years earlier, the Court decided Brown v. Pierce, 74 U.S. (7 Wall...

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Sheelytown in South Omaha, near work at the stockyards and meatpacking plants. Scriptown was an area of North Omaha bound by 16th street on the east, 24th on the...

brought settlers from Iowa. The early Territorial Legislature platted Scriptown in the area. The historic neighborhood of Squatter's Row and the city's...

significant, of each of these. The community was originally platted in 1855 as Scriptown and lots were awarded to Nebraska Territory legislators who voted for...

and Saratoga, all of which were settled within a few years of Omaha. Scriptown was a land grab by early legislators of the Nebraska Territory who sought...

now wraps around the north and west ends of Downtown Omaha, was called Scriptown. Although not a member, Reverend William D. Gage, a Methodist minister...

approved the bill locating the territorial seat of government at Omaha. 1855 Scriptown is platted for legislators in the Nebraska Territorial Legislature. 1855...

to the historic Franklin Elementary School. After being platted in the Scriptown affair of the 1850s, the neighborhood was immediately put to use by Byron...

upon them. In 1855 Colonel Lorin Miller, later mayor of Omaha, surveyed Scriptown in the spring and summer on behalf of the Omaha Claim Club. This land...

efforts to secure land to give away to legislators led to the platting of Scriptown. However, their bid failed, and in 1865 the state capitol moved to Lincoln...

the settlement grew, he surveyed areas including Jeffrey's addition and Scriptown. From 1866 to 1867, Miller served as mayor of Omaha and police magistrate...

a bid to become the Nebraska State Capitol, but loses to Omaha. 1855 Scriptown is platted for legislators in the Nebraska Territorial Legislature. 1856...