The following people were founding figures of

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. Their period of influence ranges from 1853 through 1900. The original founding event to establish the City of Omaha was recorded as a picnic on July 4, 1854. It took place on the hillside that eventually became home of the

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Capitol, and later Omaha Central High School. Some of the figures in attendance at this event are included on this list; others were left off because their influence in the city did not continue afterwards.+ Some of the attendees included Hadley A. Johnson; Alfred D. Jones and his wife; A.J. Hanscom and his wife; William D. Brown and his wife; Thomas Davis and his wife; Frederick Davis and his wife; and a Mr. Seely and his wife.Alfred Rasmus Sorenson (1889) ''History of Omaha from the Pioneer Days to the Present Time.'' New York: Gibson, Miller & Richardson, Printers. p.51. Others in the following list were members of the Old Settlers' Association and/or the

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. Many were buried at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in North Omaha.

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