Gering -- First of Many Things

CHAPTER III 454

City of Scottsbluff

CHAPTER IV ...... ' 463

The Newspapers -- Early Days in the County

CHAPTER V 469

Incidents and Personalities

CHAPTER VI . 476

The Story of Irrigation

CHAPTER VII 480

More of the Irrigation Storv

CHAPTER VIII 487

Scotts Bluff County Schools

CHAPTER IX +90

Officials Scotts Bluff County

CHAPTER X 494

The Farmers Revolution

CHAPTER XI 498

The Church -- Its Accomplishments -- First Religious Services

CHAPTER XII 502

Scenic Beauty -- Manufacturing and Other Industries

CHAPTER XIII 50S

The County Military Record-- Honor Roll -- Fraternal Orders

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BANNER COUNTY

Following Horace Greeley's Advice -- Early Experiences

Beautiful Scenery -- Tragedies -- Ranches 'and Schools

How the County Began -- Early Officers

Once a Part of Lyons County - Banks - The Press -Industries

Irrigation -- Early Postoffices -- Early Experiences

DAWES COUNTY

The Earliest Years

CHAPTER II ....

Chmate -- Agriculture and Soils

' Settlement and Indian Days in Dawes County

CHAPTER IV ... .

Early Days -- And Crawford -- Many Fir

County Organization and Government CHAPTER VI ....

Town of Chadron

CHAPTER VII ...

Businesses and Professions

Churches and Schools - Banks -- In the World War

Things

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Came From the; Sea" 3

Robert Stuart's Winter Camp, 1812-13 11

Death oe Hiram Scott 14

Grave of Red Cloud's Daughter, Fort Laramie, Wyoming 49

Camping Ground of the Hostiles 64

HostilEs Coming in From the Bad Lands to Surrender 66