He had a claim near town and one day while he was putting clown a well he found a pocket of bright yellow metal. Like many he hoped and believed he had struck gold, and he carefully wrapped it up and brought a quantity to

politics of the state, and organizer of the "ship by truck" movement between Omaha and Lincoln.

Gering school district was organized in July, 1887, with James Westervelt, as moderator, Charles Johnson, as director; and Geo. B. Luft, as treasurer.

In April, 1887, the historian finds chronicled a school report from district number 51, with Nettie K. Carling, teacher, and eleven pupils enrolled; but this school was outside of Gering.

Gering celebrated the Fourth of July in 1887. Everything was new and the sporting contests were something of the wild west order.

Runey Campbell and Sandy Ingraham always

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had some horses about them that showed speed and the Bay State ranch usually kept a few fast horses. So the racing was very fair for the new country. Campbell and Ingraham had at an earlier date "put one over" on the Bay State boys and they were ready for real contests. That other occasion was when Campbell had heard from Ingraham that the Bay State fellows had some race horses. Ingraham said, "Runey, that hoss of yours can beat any of them for I have timed them, but how can we get them to bet?" "I will fix that," said Campbell, "you be over there with your money" on a given date.