Legacy
As European Americans overestimated Fontenelle's influence in the tribe, they honored him with several place names and a monument:
- Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue
- Fontanelle, Nebraska in Washington County
- Logan Creek in Burt and Dodge Counties, NE.
- Fontenelle Boulevard in Omaha was designed to take drivers to the town of Fontanelle, Nebraska.
- Early 1900s, Hotel Fontenelle, a grand hotel in Omaha.
- Logan Fontenelle Housing Project, Omaha
- The Fontenelle Elementary School, Omaha, and the Logan Fontenelle Middle School, Bellevue.
- A monument was erected to Logan Fontenelle in Petersburg, Nebraska, near the site of his death.
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