Cutler's Park

Cutler's Park was briefly the headquarters camp of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) established by 2500 members as they were making their way westward to the Rocky Mountains. It was apparently created in August 1846 and covered all around what is now the intersection of Mormon Bridge Road and Young Street in Omaha, Nebraska, though it appears to have been completely vacated by December 1846, before even Nebraska Territory came into existence. Historic Florence, Nebraska was built on its site, making use of what had been left when it was abandoned.

Cutler's Park proved to be Nebraska's first and briefest planned community. Although it was made up of only tents and wagons arranged in orderly squares, it had a governing council with various committees, an emergency brigade, and even a town square. A monument has been erected to commemorate this historic site. Cutler's Park was named in honor of Alpheus Cutler, who founded the site. Cutler was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, who was later known for being one of the master builders of the Nauvoo Temple and for establishing his own branch of Mormonism known as the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite). Cutler's Park was some 3½ miles west-southwest of another short-lived but notable settlement established in 1846, Winter Quarters, which outlasted Cutler's Park, remaining until 1848.

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Early buildings	Cozzens House Hotel Douglas House Herndon House Jefferson Square St. Nicholas Hotel Prospect Hill Cemetery Douglas County Poor Farm

Founding figures	Dan Allen George Robert Armstrong William D. Brown William Byers Edward Creighton John A. Creighton Mary Creighton Harry Porter Deuel Logan Fontenelle Reuben Gaylord Augustus Hall Andrew J. Hanscom Alfred D. Jones Canada Bill Jones Thomas Kennard Augustus Kountze Herman Kountze George B. Lake Enos Lowe Jesse Lowe John L. McCague James G. Megeath Frederick Metz Ezra Millard George L. Miller James C. Mitchell William A. Paxton A. J. Poppleton John I. Redick Byron Reed Elizabeth Reeves Edward Rosewater Peter A. Sarpy Moses F. Shinn John A. Smiley William and Rachel Snowden Josie Washburn Anna Wilson

Nearby pioneer settlements	Saratoga Florence Bellevue Scriptown Train Town East Omaha Kanesville, Iowa Winter Quarters

Related topics	Omaha Claim Club Old Settlers' Association Fontenelle's Post Fort Lisa Cabanne's Trading Post Cutler's Park Moses Merrill Mission Military Road Nebraska Territory Legislature First Nebraska Territorial Legislature Potter's Cemetery

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