Akers were building their first irrigation ditch over the Wyoming line, when they saw John coming, riding like the wind, and when he got in hearing distance he commenced to shout the news : "There is a whole colony settling on the river down below Scottsbluff, and they have brought along everything, even a postoffice." This latter was, of course, an invention or imagination, but all who knew John Maycock are not surprised at this -- in fact it was moderation. Some years later John Maycock dropped dead from his horse in the sage brush of central Wyoming, and there was another on the Final Roundup.

Mike Elmore's ranch was down Snake creek a few miles from the old Sidney crossing. This well known place has passed into the hands of the big grading outfit, Kilpatrick Brothers, who use it for wintering horses. They built a large reservoir on the creek running sheet piling down into the substrata to raise the underflow for a supply for irrigation. The experiment was only partly successful. They did increase the supply a small amount, but not nearly so much as they had expected. Mike Elmore was recently ' (1919) killed at Sheridan, Wyoming, by being struck with a passing automobile.

Wilbur L. Wallace went to Snake creek in 1S87, and located near the old Hart ranch. He also needed more range than was obtainable near there and he came into the Lake Alice country, and established a sub-station about a mile northwest of the Pearson wells, Wallace's wells then became a watering place for many travelers. In due time. Wallace's business took him to Scottsbluff, and he and his family have resided in that city for about all the life of the municipality. He is now a heavy dealer in livestock for range or feeding purposes and in banking business at Henry (1919).