It faced the south, and was 20 by 50 feet, its walls were thirty inches thick and the sod were eight or ten inches in thickness. It had red cedar cross logs and ridge poles, and poles and dirt were used for the roof. A row of posts through the center supported the center ridge log. The building contained two rooms, the smaller being about 12 by 20, was used for the kitchen. A large sod fireplace added cheer to the larger room.

It was in and around this old building that "Baldy" Kelly, and "Iron Leg Bill" DeCamp had their bout over who should win the affections of their enamorita. I never learned

her name, but the stories first gave Baldy an advantage, and then Bill's Winchester took part, and the last of Kelly was a fading fog in the direction of Cheyenne, with a pocket full of Yorick Nichol's money.

The younger generations of Coads are now here frequently, and are interested in developing the feeding industry in the land where their fathers ran the big range herds.

The Powers brothers came into the Scottsbluff country in 1870 or 1871, and they built a ranch on the north side of the river, within a mile of the present site of the north end of the Bayard state aid bridge. They were Texans and run from 4,000 to 5,000 cattle. Dennis Sheedy bought this outfit sometime after, and here was the famous Seven-U (7U) brand. He increased the herd to large proportions. Sheedy accumulated a fortune and has been busy for years in the commercial affairs of Denver, being president of the Denver Dry Goods Company only a short time ago, and now (1919) vice-president of Colorado National Bank. It is to be ventured that his active brain is still working in lines for which it was splendidly equipped.