The old-timers are strung the length and breadth of the county, from Joe Sanford on the south to John Anderson on the north, from Scotty Henderson and Ben Swanson to the Wyoming line.

Stock Industry

Back in the beginning the buffalo ranged the pastures of Sioux county, and then came the time of the big herds of cattle. This in time passed and the smaller ranchman came to be the prosperous builder of the county.

Due to the livestock industry, more than any one factor, the past of the county has been a story of progress. The eight years just passed are an illustration of what has gone before and what to expect in the future. Take the assessment rolls of nineteen thirteen to date :

1913 23,576 cattle; 7,697 horses

1914 20,733 cattle; 7.920 horses

1915 25,766 cattle; 7,948 horses

1916 43,057 cattle ; 10,909 horses

1917 52,708 cattle; 16.273 horses

1918 54,362 cattle; 12,179 horses

1919 56,381 cattle ; 10.750 horses

1920 50,672 cattle ; 9,657 horses

The diminishing numbers, especially of cattle, shown in the last year was due to the action of the federal reserve in demanding liquidation of debts. The increased uses of automobiles, trucks and tractors in the last three or four years accounts for the decline in the number of horses.

A recent movement is to increase the number of dairy cattle in the county. This means new prosperity, for where the dairy cow goes there are fine houses and big farms and incidentally creameries and bank accounts. The record of one eastern bank is an increase of one million dollars due to dairy cows.