Districts Nos. 8 and 9, were "formed on the railroad at Bronson and Colton. District No. 10, the first organized away from the railroad, in Cheyenne county, was on Pumpkin creek at the old Wright ranch, while Leslie Stevens was superintendent. It came into existence in March, 1885, and the district comprised practically all the territory now embraced in Banner county, and all south of the North Platte river in the present Scotts Bluff county. The taxable property consisted of some railroad land and ranch cattle.

Lora Sirpless was the first teacher; Tohn Wright was director, and. in 1887 L. D. Livingston and Hugh Milhollin became members of the board. A local contest appeared here, and the following years Mrs. Ellen Streeks. S. B. Shumway and Jacob Keleton were elected to the school board. The first school house in the district was made of logs with dirt floor and roof, but. in 1887. a frame building about sixteen by tweney-four feet was erected and Clara Shumway was selected teacher in 1888. Camp Clark district, No. 11, was organized the same month as district 10, being the second away from the railroad. After this schools were organized thick and fast as the county was settling up and by the autumn of 1888 there were a hundred and thirty-two districts in Cheyenne county. Julia Shelton was superintendent during this period of expansion. I he first district organized and holding school in the present Scotts Bluff county was at Tabor, now Minatare. in August, 1886. Basil Decker, Theodore Harshman and Wellington Clark constituted the board. Horseshoe Bend had the first school in the North Platte valley. It was held in an old claim shack, with Gertrude Ashford as teacher. The district was organized March 7. 1886, with George Williams as director. Cheyenne county has since been divided and retains only a small part oi it- original territory but the schools have maintained a high standard of efficiency in tional work. 'I'l'<- firsl school in unorganized territory later Sioux county, and now Sheridan county Wished by fas. i Iberfelder in 1882 It was located near Fori Robinson and Red Cloud Agency, and all the pupils NVL>re ha]f i,reed