Bi wen and llat creek precincts, Harrison being located in the former, agreed to and did. in eighteen eighty-eight, build the presenl courthouse. The architects were Whitney & Murphy.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

The brick used were burned on Sowbelly creek. George Klein burned a kiln or two of brick on Spring creek, which he expected to sell to the builders of the courthouse, but they could not agree on price, so they burned their own. And this ended the brick industry in Sioux county.

Sowbelly Creek Named

This creek and canyon obtained its peculiar name from a circumstance that occurred

to existence before the railroad reached the county. It was started by Charles F. Slingerland. but was later merged with the Sioux County Herald, and Slingerland went east about eighteen eighty-eight and is with the Omaha Bee at this time.

The Newspaper Records No one realizes as the days go by what the weekly record of the country press means to the lover of history in future years.

Sioux County Court House, FTarriso

there during the Indian wars. A number of soldiers on scout duty out of Fort Robinson found themselves hard pressed by Indians, and were held in close quarters until nearly starved before the rescue party arrived. When relieved from their tension of resistance they were "hungry enough to eat a raw dog." The sole article of provision which the rescuing party had, was old dry-salt bacon, which in the language of the rough west was called sowbelly. Since then the name has clung to the place.