The Virginian -- Arbuckle's Ranch -- Romance of Parents of Madeline Force -- Lingle of Valley View -- Connoly's of the "PF" -- New Ranches -- Hank Inghram's Narrow Escape

The Shifting Sands -- The Storm of 78-- First Settlers on Pumpkin Creek -- First Cow in Western Nebraska-- Mental Giants of the Big Cow Days

Vigilantes Hang Reed at Sidney-- The Great Bullion Robbery -- Whispering Smith Gets

Oberfelders Demonstrate Hog and Alfalfa Combination -- Later Ranchers Near Oshkosh

-- Poor's Ranch. Where Sheldon Hit the We st -- Cowbovs Marking Graves -- The Midnight Ride of Wild Horse Harris

McDonald Hung by Vigilantes at Sidney -- Sheriff Trognitz's Joke-- Practical Jokes of Old Timers

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Gordon's and Whitehead's Ranches -- Voder's Beginning and Expansion -- New Development in Goshen Holes -- Beginning of Alfalfa and Sugar Beets

Sand Hill Ranches of Todav -- Dangers of the Stampede -- Origin of Some Western Expressions--Pranks of Early Days

First Ranch in Dawes County -- Graham and Snvder on Niobrara River -- Other Ranches War Fort Robinson -- Stampedin' on the Old Trail

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nization of Cheyenne County

CONTENTS ix

CHAPTER IV 182

Ivodgepole

CHAPTER V 188

State Officials

CHAPTER VI 191

The Press

CHAPTER VII 192

Fraternal Orders and Clubs

CHAPTER VIII . . . ' . . • - 194

The Church -- The Bar -- The Medical Profession

CHAPTER IX 197

The World War