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Jalapa (aka Jalapa City aka Jalappa) is a bygone-never-incorporated small city in Dodge County, Nebraska, about 3 miles south of Hooper on the north side of Maple Creek (a tributary to the Elkhorn River) in Section 5 of the Nickerson Township. It is also about nine miles north and nine miles west of Fremont.

U.S. Post Office at Jalapa, Nebraska

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The Jalapa Post Office was established January 18, 1859, at the home of Henry Clay Campbell (1831–1873), who also served as its first Postmaster. The Jalapa Post Office was discontinued July 11, 1870, and replaced by the Hooper Post Office.

Jalapa Postmasters

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  • Henry Clay Campbell (1831–1873), appointed January, 18, 1859[1][2][3][4][5][6]
  • William Elias Wilson (1840–1905), appointed February 11, 1868[7][8]
  • Orlando Allen Himebaugh (1825–1902), appointed December 22, 1869[9]


Campbell moved to Fontenelle around 1868 or 1869 and was appointed Deputy U.S. Marshall. Campbell later became warden Nebraska State Penitentiary.[10] He died August 5, 1873, while serving as Warden. Campbell was first buried on his Jalapa farm at Maple Creek, then, in 1911, was interred at Arlington, Nebraska, Cemetery. His sister, Jane DeForest Campbell (1829–1861), and infant son, Schuyler Colfax Campbell (1868–1868), are still buried on the Jalapa farm.

Other

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  1. east of 6th principal meridian.


  1. 3 miles due west of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad line that runs from Hooper to Wisner.
  2. It is also about nine miles north and nine miles west of Fremont.
  3. Section 5, Nickerson Township → (Town 18, Range 8?)
  4. One Jacob G Shaffer farm (in 1928)

The Jalapa Post Office, established January 18, 1859, was in Section 4 of the Nickerson Township. Henry Clay Campbell (1831–1873) was its first Postmaster. The community was established as an assembly point for soldiers during the Pawnee War.

Not to be confused with Jalapa, Grant County, Indiana.

Jalapa was the name of a Post Office on Maple Creek (a tributary to the Elkhorn River) nine miles north and west of Fremont. It was on the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad line that runs from Hooper to Wisner. It was at this point the Omaha, Fontanelle, and Fremont Companies met and selected Captain Cline as their commander in what is known as the Pawnee War of 1859.



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Pawnee War Militia

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Before 1800

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In 1800, before Lewis and Clark traveled past Nebraska, several Native American tribes, mainly the Pawnee, Ponca, Omaha, Otoe, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, lived in the area. The largest and most powerful tribe, the Pawnee, had about 6,000 members.

June 21 & 22, 1859

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The so-called "Pawnee Indian War" began June 21, 1859, when seven or eight hundred Pawnee people allegedly stole a hundred head of cattle on the Elkhorn near Fontanelle. The next day, near West Point, the Pawnee people allegedly stole an ox.

Soon after

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Non-native American settlers, alarmed, formed a military battalion of about 300, composed of companies of militia from Fremont, Fontanelle, and Columbus – and a detachment of the United States dragoons. The battalion, under the command of Nebraska Territory Governor Samuel Wylie Black (1816–1862), included:

  1. Major General John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), Commander
  2. General Experience Estabrook (1813–1894), of Omaha, Adjutant General
  3. Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805–1866), U.S. Army, a West Point graduate and Iowa citizen who was visiting Nebraska, Inspector General
  4. Lieutenant Beverly Holcombe Robertson (1827–1910), a U.S. Army officer with the Second Cavalry Dragoons, with nineteen mounted men, Lieutenant Colonel


The battalion surrounded a party of Pawnee people in a house and ordered them to surrender. The Pawnee returned gunfire, wounding James Henry Peters (1824–1910) in the shoulder. The battalion returned gunfire, killing four Pawnees. A courier with this intelligence arrived in Omaha July 1, 1959. General Thayer set out at once for the seat of war with the Omaha light artillery. Companies of militia from Fremont, Fontanelle and Columbus and a detachment of United States dragoons joined the command as it moved up the Elkhorn in pursuit of the Pawnees. Governor Black overtook the army on the 8th. It numbered then two hundred men with one six-pounder cannon.


Each captain retained his position as captain of his company, excepting Sergeant Robinson, who was made commander of the United States dragoons. Dr. James Porter Peck (1821–1887), of Omaha, was appointed Army surgeon. A complete organization having been made, on the 8th we took up our line of march, making from twenty-five to thirty miles per day, following the Indian trail in its meanderings.


  • Assisted by Mayor West, U.S. Marshall
  • 20 to 30 Regulars from Fort Kearney


  • Fontenelle Mounted Rifles
  • The rest, volunteers

Monument

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On Friday, July 5, 1928, on the Jacob Garman Shaffer (1848–1941) farm, about 4 miles south of Hooper, a monument was unveiled to commemorate to the 69th anniversary of the assembling at that point of Omaha, Fremont, and Fontanelle volunteer soldiers in the Pawnee Indian war of 1859. The monument was the fourth erected in 1928 by Dodge county to mark historical places in the county, the four being:

  • The place where, in 1859, volunteer farmers from Omaha, Fremont, and Fontanelle met and organized to punish native American Pawnee for killing cattle for food. It was on the Jacob Shaffer farm, about 4 miles south of Hooper, dedicated July 5, 1928.
  • The Lincoln-Overland Trail Monument at Ames, Nebraska, dedicated May 30, 1928.
  • The Major Long Monument north of Fremont, dedicated June 7, 1928.
  • The Purple Cane–California Route Monument at Purple Cane, dedicated June 8, 1928.


This monument also marks the site of the Jalapa post office, which according to U S Government date was established January 18, 1859, with Henry Clay Campbell (1831–1873) as the first postmaster. The site of the monument is about a quarter mile north of the present Jalapa school house, and on the east side of the road. The land, now the property of Jacob Garman Shaffer (1848–1941), was at that time owned by Campbell who settled on it in May 1858. The post office was located in the Campbell home, which was a pretentious one for those days, it being described as a “frame house 24 × 36 in size, 1-1⁄2 stories high, shingle roof and board floor.” This house was torn down a few years ago by Jacob Garman Shaffer (1848–1941). The monument is erected

Other Jalapas

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Bibliography

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Notes

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  1. ^ Jalapa P.O.: "Campbell" (a), January 18, 1859, p. 243.
  2. ^ Jalapa P.O.: "Campbell" (b), January 18, 1859, p. 1280.
  3. ^ Register of Officers, 1862, p. 442.
  4. ^ Register of Officers, 1864, p. 699.
  5. ^ Register of Officers, 1866, p. 416.
  6. ^ Register of Officers, 1868, p. 515.
  7. ^ Jalapa P.O.: "Wilson", February 11, 1868, p. 1280.
  8. ^ Register of Officers, 1870, p. 518.
  9. ^ Jalapa P.O.: "Himebaugh", December 22, 1869, p. 1280.
  10. ^ Gibson, May 15, 1959, p. 7.

References

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Books, journals, magazines, websites, papers
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  • Southerland, Cindy E. (née Cynthia Elaine Peel; born 1952) (November 25, 2002). "The Patrick Ranch House (Arlinqton Place, Arlington Ranch)".{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "National Register Information System – Patrick Ranch (#03000417)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2024. Free access icon
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    1. "Jalapa P.O.: Himebaugh (appointment date: December 22, 1869). Vol. 33. Volume Year Range: 1867–1874. p. 391 of 574 (digital page 747 of 845).
  1. Via Ancestry.com → "Fannie W. Brown".
  2. Via Ancestry.com → "Frank G. Patrick".
  3. Via FamilySearch → "Fannie W. Brown".
  4. Via FamilySearch → "Frank G. Patrick".
Original record: Marriage Record – Dodge County. Vol. 5 (February 5, 1886 – February 20, 1889). Book printed by Herald Printing, Nebraska. p. 391 of 574.
Volume 4: October 30, 1882 – February 2, 1886
Volume 5: February 5, 1886 – February 20, 1889
  • Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States on ... "Post Offices in Iowa" ("Biennial Registers", commonly called "Blue Books"). Government Printing Office. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Google Books. Free access icon. LCCN sn91-34227.
    1. 1862 (Michigan). p. 442. OCLC 476664625.
    2. 1864 (Chicago). p. 699. OCLC 317697533.
    4. 1868 (Cornell). p. 515. OCLC 835780759.
    1. "Jalapa P.O.: Campbell (appointment date: January 18, 1859). Vol. 21. Volume Year Range: 1855–1867. p. 243 (digital page 463 of 502).
    2. "Jalapa P.O.: Campbell (appointment date: January 18, 1859). Vol. 33. Volume Year Range: 1867–1874. p. 1280 (digital page 465 of 502).
    3. "Jalapa P.O.: Wilson (appointment date: February 11, 1868). Vol. 33. Volume Year Range: 1867–1874. p. 1280 (digital page 465 of 502).
    4. "Jalapa P.O.: Himebaugh (appointment date: December 22, 1869). Vol. 33. Volume Year Range: 1867–1874. p. 1280 (digital page 465 of 502).

News media

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References sandbox

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Plso, 1. I, de Med. brasil., c. I, p. 18-

    1. Via Google Books (Lyon Public Library).




  • Standard Atlas of Dodge County, Nebraska – Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County. Chicago: Geo A. Ogle & Company, Publishers & Engravers → George Alden Ogle (1863–1930). 1902. OCLC 17009149, 1026126458.








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    1. Via host website (David Rumsey Historical Map Collection). Free access icon
    2. Via HathiTrust (Cornell. 1927 reproduction by the Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society). Free access icon
    3. Via Google Books (Cornell. 1927 reproduction by the Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society). Free access icon
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  • Carr, Daniel Mathew (1864–1941), ed. (1902). Progressive Men of Nebraska – A Book of Portraits. "Pawnee Indian Troubles" (Dodge County ed.). Fremont: Progress Publishing Company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link)
In 1858, Hazen was Sheriff of Dodge County, for two terms. He was later, for several years, Justice of the Peace. Before the Civil War he was captain of a company which carried on operations against the Sioux Indians. He was author of the 1893 book, History of the Pawnee Indians. For several years he was in a government office in Washington, but he resigned in 1887 and returned to Nebraska.




    1. Blog ed. → "Nebraska Town Refuses to Be Bypassed" (slide show). December 7, 2010.
    2. Print ed. → "A Bypassed Small Town Makes a Visual Statement: Here We Are." (Column: "This Land"). Vol. 160, no. 55248 (East Coast; Late ed.). December 8, 2010. p. 16. ISSN 0362-4331; EBSCOhost 55640772; ProQuest 816363126 (US Newsstream database).
  • "End of the Pawnee War". (Moore's Rural New-Yorker. "News Department" – "Domestic News" – "News Paragraphs"). Vol. 10, no. 33. August 13, 1859. p. 266 (column 3).


    1. HathiTrust (Harvard Library). Free access icon.
    2. Internet Archive (Library of Congress). Free access icon.
    3. Via Google Books (Harvard Library). Free access icon.
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