The Sarpy County
Museum, whose current location is 2402 Clay Street in Bellevue, was
originally established in the log cabin in Bellevue. The museum
chronicles Sarpy County’s journey from a far-flung trading post that
was established in current day Bellevue, Nebraska in the 1820’s to a
bustling urban/rural community of some 120,000 people today.
Exhibits and
period rooms depict the lifestyles of the 19th and 20th
centuries and official records help with genealogy. Among the
newest exhibits is a large-scale model of historic Fort Crook/Offutt
Field.
An 1869 Omaha and
Southern Railroad Depot is on the property and other historical
buildings that are also available for tours include: the oldest
church in Nebraska, the Old Presbyterian Church built in 1856, still
used for weddings, features old stained glass windows and 1800’s oak
pews; the Log Cabin built in the 1830’s, where the first twins born
in Nebraska Territory were born in the cabin in 1856 and only three
families occupied it from 1856-1950; the Fontenelle Bank, Nebraska’s
first bank and oldest commercial public building in the State has
the original walk-in vault, an 1870 Accountant’s Desk and more. The
museum is open year round excluding the holidays of Easter,
Thanksgiving and Christmas. Regular business hours are Tuesday
through Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays.