The wild bronc made a quick swerve, and the man swung out clear of him and the ground while it ran in a short circle. The quick wit of some other cowboy, and his skill, saved the man. He dropped a rope over the animal's head, and brought it up, head end to the man on the ground.

"Swing your pardners," shouted that worthy, as he jumped to his feet. The near tragedies of old times were so lightly held and affairs that ended well were experiences worth while, and compensated fully for the danger involved.

I often attended the dances given in the old Wright school house, and was also at a double wedding at Wright's when Ed Wright and Miss Elizabeth Osborne, and Henry Heard of Texas and Miss Ono Wright were married. The country had changed by that time, and it was more on the order of weddings usual in older communities. Boots now resides at Thermopolis, Ed Wright at Morrill, and Henry Heard at Long Beach, California. Thus the tides of life separate and distribute the peoples of the world.

FIRST RANCH IN NEBRASKA WEST OF NORTH PLATTE, KEITH & BARTON H. V. REDINGTON'S RANCH -- NERUD'S CORNER -- LATER SNAKE CREEK RANCHES

The first to actually engage in ranching in western Nebraska, that is west of North Platte, was Keith & Barton. Morrill C. Keith was grandfather of Ex-Governor Keith Neville, and Guy C. Barton was well known in Omaha business and club circles for many years. The location of their ranch was at O'Fallon's Bluff, and about eighteen miles west of North Platte. Guy Barton was the originator of the ranch, in which Keith soon joined. After Keith and Barton, it was owned and operated by Barton & Dillon.