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Explorers
early explorers of Nebraska
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History
4th Grade
03/04/2013

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Bellevue
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first permanent  settlement in Nebraska
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Colonel Henry Atkinson
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established the first fort in Nebraska
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French explorers
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came for furs, especially beaver fur
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Lewis and Clark
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Men sent by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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Major Stephen Long
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Gave Nebraska the nickname

"The Great American Desert"

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Manuel Lisa
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Indians called him "Father"
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Moses Merrill
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famous Nebraska missionary
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Peter Sarpy
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fur trader who married an Indian woman and operated a fur post at Bellevue
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Peter and Paul Mallet
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named the Platte River
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Spanish explorers
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came for gold, wealth, riches
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