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.

The first death and burial in the cemetery at Harrison was an elderly stranger who died alone in his tent just as the railroad was building into Harrison. The next was that of Mrs. W. E. Fiddler. The Fiddlers arrived in eighteen eighty-seven, and were living in a tent wagon. Mrs. Fiddler was a victim of the great white plague, arriving in the higher altitudes and among the pines too late to stop its ravages.

Mrs. Katherine Graham was the first white woman to permanently make her home in Sioux county. She still resides with her daughter at the Agate ranch. Mrs. Cook is the daughter. Captain Ccok being the present occupant of the old Graham ranch.

The first religious services ever held in the count}- were at this ranch, Mrs. Graham calling the few neighbors together, and organizing a Sunday school.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

Jennie Hunt was the first teacher in District number one before Sioux county was organized. In eighteen eighty-eight she was married to W. E. Fiddler whose wife died the year before. Together they went on westward to Oregon. Miss Hunt had followed Miss Delahunty as teacher in District number one. The latter had removed to Antelopeville (now Kimball). Jennie Hunt was the first teacher in Harrison, then called Bowen, in 1886. The school in Harrison was in the second story of YVernecke's furniture store, just north of the present Commercial hotel.