The rails were laid and the first train reached here August 8, 1908. That spelled grow to Oshkosh. The division of the county came the next year with Oshkosh for county seat.

L. Aufdengarten & Son came from Ogalalla in 1909 and bought the old LaSalle & Miles store from W. W. Bowers, who had purchased it of LaSalle & Miles late in 1906. LaSalle & Miles only stayed about one year. Mr. Aufdengarten continued to run the business until his

death, September, 1916, when L. Aufdengarten, Jr., took charge of it. They erected a brick building across the street, and moved into it 1918, with a larger, better stock of goods. The old Bowers building is occupied by the Oshkosh Shoe and Harness Shop owned by George H. Rose. He opened up for business in September, 1918. In the same building is Robert Roger's Paint Shop.

New additions to the town had been platted and Oshkosh was spreading out. In 1911 the village was incorporated and many improvements have appeared, as grading the streets, cement walks, electrict lights, water works, etc. Oshkosh has no museum but Miles J. Maryott has a collection of mounted birds, Indian relics, bones, coins, etc., that is worth traveling across the continent to see. Mr. Maryott is an artist and finds ready sale for his paintings. He

paints animal and landscape pictures, but his wild bird pictures take up a large part of his time. His hobby is collecting prehistoric animal bones and Indian relics. He also collects and mounts rare birds.