The federal aid road north from Kimball to Harrisburg, Gering and Scottsbluff is generally in excellent condition.

First Settlement in the County

The first permanent settlements in Kimball county were made about 1868. This was about the time the Union Pacific railroad was extended through the county. But the very early history of Kimball county is most extensively covered in other parts of this work in the treatment given of the settlement of this western Nebraska "panhandle" section. The early history of Cheyenne county dating prior to 1888, naturally and inseparably involves a great deal of the history of Kimball county. Among the pioneer families of this county were James English and James J. Kinney, who came in the early days with the Union Pacific railroad. Other families arriving during this first period in the history of the county, while it was still a part of Chevenne county, were P>. K.

P.ushee, Peter Atkins. Adam Grubb, D. H. Shultz, E. J. Dillon. Henry 11. Prouty, P. Maginnis, Mrs. C. A. Shafer, L. E. Shafer, F. J. Bellows, C. A. Bickel, George VV. Heard, N. E. Garman, A. II. Amos, J. W. Hurley, S. R. Walker. Jas. Newell, Thomas Gering, W. U. Hall, Henry Vogler, D. A. Yoakam-, Ira Sawyer, Gus Linn, II. .Marshall, Samuel Woolridge, and S. A. Prescott, and others whose names will appear throughout the portion of this work given to Kimball and Cheyenne counties.

Descriptions of life upon the ranches prior to the advent of the Union Pacific road, and the identity of the various ranches after the arrival of the railroad will be left to another portion of this work. A description of the trials and troubles of the Indian days will likewise be assigned to the general treatment of this entire territory.