Down on the Niobrara river Doctor Graham was building the Agate ranch, which has become historic.

As distinguished from ranchmen the first real# settlers arrived about eighteen eightyone* They settled in the vicinity of the fort for the protection it gave them. L. E. Belden was the first. John Foxwell came, but did not stay long. Daniel Klein arrived soon after. The Rigdons arrived the same year, or eighteen eighty-two. Then came Henry Kreman, who now has the old Foxwell place.

The first school was established here in eighteen eighty-three, with Klein the first director and Mary Delahunty the first teacher. Ezra Tucker, Wm. Raum, Bill}- Harmon, Dave Calville and the Rodgers folks arrived soon after.

Not main- settlers arrived until eighteen eighty-five. When J. H. Newlin came in eighteen eighty-five, he lived on the Klein

place for awhile. Mr. Newlin is now publisher of the Sioux County Journal at Harrison.

First Events of Interest The first white child born in Sioux county in the Harrison sector was Miss Sadie Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morris, who settled on Sowbelly creek in eighteen eighty-five. It is possible that there were born children at the fort in an earlier year, but they were transient, and there is no record. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zimmerman, who also arrived in eighteen eighty-five, believe

this to be the first known or recollected birth. This is also the recollection of Daniel Klein, who settled on White river in 1882.

The first wedding was that of Carl Lux and Rena Fellers in eighteen eighty-five.