It was in section 22. A year later, or a little less, a postoffice was established here.
A sod school house was built at the southeast corner of section 16, in this neighborbood, in 1885.
Bruce Hewitt, the present county treasurer, was one of the pioneers in this section. His claim was the southwest quarter of five, while his brother's was in the northeast of ten and his father had a tree claim in section eleven.
In 1885 John Crowder brought a second colony from Indiana, and others were arriving in bunches about that time from other states.
In the year 1885, the Chicago and Northwestern line was extended west from Valentine. Gordon was made a station, but about a mile west of the old site. Its elevation as found by railroad engineers was 3554 feet. It was the first settlement encountered after leaving Valentine, the sand hills between not being attractive to early settlers, except those who desired isolation and wide acres for ranging cattle. Thus the new Gordon came into existence. As stated, Tom Glover moved from his old town shanty into the new store built by him at the corner of Alain and Second streets.
Others besides the people from Indiana, had their eyes upon the west. Eastern Nebraska had been built up by the pioneer spirit, and the children of those who had crossed the Alissouri
were looking with longing eyes toward the sunset. Somewhere out there was free land and the fresh air of the open country. In October,