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==History== Established by [[European colonization of the Americas|European Americans]] in the 1830s, Bellevue was incorporated in 1855 and is the oldest continuously-inhabited town in Nebraska. It has been credited by the [[Nebraska State Legislature]] as being the state's second-oldest incorporated settlement after [[Nebraska City]]; previously it served as the seat of government in Nebraska.<ref>(1912) ''Bulletin.'' Issues 2. Nebraska State Legislature. p. 7.</ref> Bellevue was originally founded as a trading post for the Missouri Fur Company by Joshua Pilcher, but there were financial problems, and, eventually, Lucien Fontanelle became the owner of the post, and the first permanent resident of Bellevue. Moses Merrill founded a [[Moses Merrill Mission|mission]], which was the first Christian mission in Nebraska, in Bellevue.<ref>{{Cite web|last=team|first=The Explore Nebraska History|title=Oto Mission|url=https://mynehistory.com/items/show/442?tour=4&index=15|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Explore Nebraska History|language=en}}</ref> Since it was the oldest city in the Nebraska Territory, the residents were optimistic that Bellevue would become the capital of it, and the new territorial governor, [[Francis Burt (Nebraska governor)|Francis Burt]], had already moved there, but shortly after, he died. The next governor selected Omaha as the capital instead. In 1921, the [[Offutt Air Force Base]], housing the [[United States Strategic Command]], was built south of Bellevue. The planes that dropped the [[Little Boy|Hiroshima]] and [[Fat Man|Nagasaki]] atomic bombs were built there.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bellevue: The First Twenty Years|url=https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/bellevue-first-twenty-years|access-date=2021-09-23|website=History Nebraska|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Bellevue Nebraska > Information > History of Bellevue|url=https://www.bellevue.net/information/history-of-bellevue|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.bellevue.net}}</ref> The [[2019 Midwestern U.S. floods]] destroyed about 200 homes from the swelling of the [[Missouri River]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caracta |first=Bella |date=November 29, 2023 |title=Efforts still being made to rebuild Bellevue years after disastrous flood |url=https://www.wowt.com/2023/11/30/rebuilding-bellevue-after-2019-flood-continues-years-later/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.wowt.com |language=en}}</ref>
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