Logan Fontenelle
N 41° 51.346 W 098° 05.041
14T E 576030 N 4634167
Logan Fontenelle, Chief of the Omaha Tribe, was from Bellevue, and signed the 1854 Treaty, in Washington, D.C. in 1854.
Waymark Code: WMPH3
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2006
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Logan Fontenelle was born in Bellevue in 1825. His father was a noted fur trader on the lower Missouri and near Fort Laramie, WY. His mother was daughter of Big Elk, important Chief of the Omaha.
Logan was educated in a private school in St. Louis, before joining the family at Fort Laramie in 1837.
He was killed while on a buffalo hunt in 1855 when his party was attacked by Sioux. He is buried in Bellevue.
Marker Name: Logan Fontenelle
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