Nebraska Territory

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Nebraska Territory was a mid-19th-century U.S. organized incorporated territory that once encompassed much of the northern Great Plains before being gradually reduced to form the state of Nebraska and parts of several other states.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admittedStateFormed Nebraska ⓘ
admittedToUnionAsStateOn 1867-03-01 ⓘ
borderedBy Iowa ⓘ
Kansas Territory ⓘ
Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Utah Territory ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ
capital Omaha ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdByAct Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1867 ⓘ
endDate 1867-03-01 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1854 ⓘ
firstGovernor Francis Burt ⓘ
followedBy Colorado Territory ⓘ
Dakota Territory ⓘ
Idaho Territory ⓘ
Montana Territory ⓘ
State of Nebraska ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska

Wyoming Territory ⓘ
follows Indian Territory (in some northern areas) ⓘ
unorganized territory of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
governingBody Territorial Legislature of Nebraska ⓘ
hasPart parts of present-day Colorado ⓘ
parts of present-day Idaho ⓘ
parts of present-day Kansas ⓘ
parts of present-day Montana ⓘ
parts of present-day North Dakota ⓘ
parts of present-day South Dakota ⓘ
parts of present-day Wyoming ⓘ
present-day Nebraska ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Territorial Governor of Nebraska ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
namedAfter Nebraska (Omaha word for "flat water") ⓘ
namedFor Platte River ⓘ
notableGovernor Alvin Saunders ⓘ
Thomas B. Cuming ⓘ
partOf Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
significantEvent debates over slavery under popular sovereignty ⓘ
passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
startDate 1854-05-30 ⓘ
usedCurrency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kansas–Nebraska Act → createdTerritory → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act → regionAffected → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Missouri Territory → followedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
The Homesman → settingLocation → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Kansas Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Dakota Territory → followedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Dakota Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → workLocation → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → associatedWith → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
The Young Riders → setIn → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
John Henry Kagi → residence → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Kansas Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
J. Sterling Morton → associatedWithPlace → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Territory of Colorado → precededBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Territory of Colorado → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory (initially) ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska Territory
Standing Bear → placeOfOrigin → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Horse Creek Treaty → locatedIn → Nebraska Territory (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska Territory
Hayden Survey party → locationOfWork → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Hayden Survey → studiedRegion → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Willie Handcart Company → passesThrough → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Hiram Scott → associatedWith → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Alvin Saunders → jurisdictionGoverned → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
William Pitt Kellogg → residence → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
William Pitt Kellogg → regionOfActivity → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Francis Burt → stateOfPrimaryPoliticalActivity → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Francis Burt → residence → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Credit Mobilier scandal → mainLocation → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Jefferson Territory → hasBorderWith → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
present-day Colorado → historicalTerritorialPredecessor → Nebraska Territory (partial) ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska Territory
Omaha Treaty of 1854 → appliesToJurisdiction → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
John Henry Kagi → residence → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Kagi
Mary Kagi → placeOfResidence → Nebraska Territory ⓘ