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.

The Census Story of the Growth The figures of the Federal census of 1900 as compared with that of 1910, and the more wonderful progress displayed by the figures for 1920, graphically tell the story of the evolution of the prairie cattle range of this locality into thriving communities and a prosperous county.

Kimball Count}', Nebraska

Minor Civil Division 1920 1910 1900

Kimball county 4498 1942 75S

Antelope precinct, including

Kimball village ^.2450 942 37S

Bushnell precinct, including

Bushnell village '.757 334 137

Dix precinct, including Dix

village 635 246 156

Johnson precinct 343 233

South Divide precinct 148

Union precinct 165 187 B7

Incorporated Place 1920 1910 1900

Bushnell village 321

Dix village. 248

Kimball village 1620 454 254

Early Settlement of Kimball and Vicinity The purchase bv Hon. |. T. Clarkson, from the U. P. Ry. Co. of a'll of their lands lying south of the railway, from the vicinity i >i" Pi itter, near the \\ estern edge of the present Cheyenne count}, across the presenl Kimball count}, to the Wyoming line, was the first step toward the settlement of the western end of old Cheyenne count}-, or present Kimball count} . Clarkson 1 firsl lender, and fiiiallv the sale was ratified