As early as 1878, the county records of Cheyenne county show local officers elected for Court House Rock precinct. In that year among the precinct officers elected for that territory were : L. Mined, justice of peace, and Julius Hill, also justice of peace; constables, Ed. Countryman, Chas. Patten ; Thos. Crosby, assessor; election officers: D. B. Powers, judge; D. B. Lynch, judge; H. Best, judge: Win. Gill, clerk; H. Reynolds, clerk; David Thrall was road superintendent.

At an election in May, 1879. held at the H. T. Clarke store the following men served on the election board: P. W. Miller, Julius Hill, Mark M. Coad, H. W. Elliott. Lige E. Tusler. We do not find a record of any precinct organized at this place so early as that. It was no doubt a division of Sidney precinct for convenience of North River voters.

Thos. Lawrence is shown to have been appointed assessor for this territory in 1880. $20,000 bridge bonds were proposed about March. 1880, to build a buggy bridge across the North Platte river but met an adverse vote of 170 to 464. This somewhat overestimates that sparse population of this territory at that date.

Redington precinct had been formed by

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September. 1887. Camp Clarke precinct was formed about that time.

By 1887 the map showed this north end of Cheyenne county which later became Morrill count}- to be divided between the original Court House Rock precinct in the south part of said territory and Camp Clarke precinct north of Court House Rock. Bayard was west of Camp Clarke precinct, and Redington south of Bayard.