There is a large cemetery there now, and here was placed and dedicated, one of the Oregon Trail monuments.

Rock at Ash Hollow, near Spring

The Killing of the Last Two Buffalo

In 1886, a band of Sioux Indians came down from the Reservation in South Dakota. They reached the Blue and startled the settlers somewhat ; but it proved to be merely a hunting expedition, finding so little game they had resorted to killing cattle for food. They found and killed the last two buffalo in this section. The settlers had let these two alone thinking to preserve them. Mr. Ed. Hartman was interested enough to get one of the skulls and has it now, with his interesting collection.

Upon the west table north of Lisco were mam sections of very good farm lands. These were taken about 1887 and soon after by settlers coming from the east by way of Lodgepole. Among those settlers were Anson B. Allen, G. W. Mauk, John Bentley, Geo. Curfman, Arthur, Ed., Joe and Evelyn Murphy,

and John H. Stubbs from Iowa. It seems that Arthur Murphy built the first house on the west table in 1887. Among those old timers were Chas. Buske, Win. Shay, Harvey Brown, Wm. Wallace, Robert Granger, Arthur Welton and George Pierce (father of Mrs. John Martin) who also came in via Alliance. These were some of the sturdy ones who outlived the troubles of the dry years, hauling water and supplies for miles. They would sometimes sit in the dark in the evening for they were out of oil. These people were often twenty-five miles from a postoffice, and forty miles from a doctor, but as Mrs. L. M. Myers expressed it, the outdoor life made people much more healthy. They didn't need a doctor so often, but in some cases it was a serious hardship, as in the following experience.