Nebraska Palladium

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Nebraska Palladium
NE Palladium.jpg
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States
ISSN2329-6747
OCLC number849520073

The Nebraska Palladium, also known as the Nebraska Palladium and Platte Valley Advocate,[1] was a newspaper in Nebraska. Published in Bellevue, Nebraska (then "Belleview"), it is generally regarded as the first newspaper published in the Nebraska Territory, running issues from 1854 to 1855.[2][3] It was printed by Thomas Morton.[4] Its "self-proclaimed primary purpose was to promote the village of Bellevue and its bid for the capital of the Nebraska Territory."[5] It also rivaled the Omaha Arrow, a regional newspaper edited by Mormon Joseph Ellis Johnson, which was started only two weeks after the Nebraska Palladium was first published;[6][7] the Arrow sought to increase settlement in Omaha, while the Nebraska Palladium sought settlement in Bellevue.[8] It published poems as well as traditional news commentary.[9][10] Its reach was wide: the paper circulated not only in Nebraska, but in neighboring Iowa.[11]

The editor, Daniel E. Reed,[12] stated on the importance of the paper's founding: "This event, although to some, may seem unimportant now, will form an epoch in history, which will be remembered ages after those present on this interesting occasion, are no more."[13]

For financial reasons, the paper stopped printing after five months.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Hawley, Charles Arthur (1941). "WHITTIER AND NEBRASKA". Bulletin of Friends Historical Association. 30 (1): 17–46. ISSN 0361-1957.
  2. ^ Society, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Nebraska State Historical. "Nebraska palladium".
  3. ^ North, J. (1907). Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region, Volume 1. p. 339.
  4. ^ ""Morton, Thomas"".
  5. ^ McKee, Jim. "Jim McKee: Newspapers part of history". JournalStar.com. Lincoln Journal-Star.
  6. ^ Hughes, Tim (23 August 2010). "First newspapers in Nebraska…". History's Newsstand Blog | Old Newspapers Original & Authentic.
  7. ^ Grone, Elizabeth (1949). "Nebraska Newspaper Names". American Speech. 24 (3): 194–200. doi:10.2307/487044. ISSN 0003-1283.
  8. ^ Homer, Michael W. (1984). "After Winter Quarters and Council Bluffs: The Mormons in Nebraska Territory, 1854-1867". Nebraska History. 65: 467–483.
  9. ^ Hawley, Charles Arthur (1941). "WHITTIER AND NEBRASKA". Bulletin of Friends Historical Association. 30 (1): 17–46. ISSN 0361-1957.
  10. ^ Conley, Madison. "The first major newspaper in every state — and what they looked like when they were first started". Insider. Insider.
  11. ^ Olson, James C (1942). J. Sterling Morton. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. p. 37.
  12. ^ a b FADER, GARNET NELSON (1928). "The Pioneer Press". Prairie Schooner. 2 (4): 248–257. ISSN 0032-6682.
  13. ^ OLSON, JAMES C. (1950). "The Literary Tradition in Pioneer Nebraska". Prairie Schooner. 24 (2): 161–168. ISSN 0032-6682.
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