Omaha Claim Club

The Omaha Claim Club, also called the Omaha Township Claim Association[1] and the Omaha Land Company, was organized in 1854 for the purpose of "encouraging the building of a city"[2] and protecting members' claims in the area platted for Omaha City in the Nebraska Territory.[3] At its peak the club included "one or two hundred men",[4] including several important pioneers in Omaha history. The Club included notable figures important to the early development of Omaha. It was disbanded after a ruling against their violent methods by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1860 in Baker v. Morton.

  1. ^ (1954) "New City Shapes Up on a Muddy Plateau; 'Claims Club' Is Ruler", Omaha's First Century. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 7/14/07.
  2. ^ Morton, J. and Watkins, A. (1918) "Nebraska Claim Meeting," History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 188. Retrieved 7/15/07.
  3. ^ Sheldon, A.E. (1904) "Chapter VII: Nebraska Territory," Archived 2004-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Lemon Publishing. Retrieved 7/14/07.
  4. ^ United States Supreme Court. (1912) "Baker v. Morton," United States Supreme Court Reports. Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company. p. 150-159.