The boxes formerly made by the commercial club at Scottsbluff were turned over to the association, and other recepticles provided. The exhibits were made for a number of years and with a*lways an increasing number of premiums. Hundreds of ribbons have been awarded to Scotts Bluff county -- not only at the state fair, but at the international show at Kansas City and elsewhere. In this international show the county won several of the best prized silver cups.

In the first years of Gering the towns along the railroad began to talk county division. The original plan was to make three counties of old Cheyenne. This story has been told elsewhere. The first meeting to consider it held in Gering was on May 21, 1887. A. B. Wood was chairman, and E. P. Cromer secretary. O. W. Gardner and A. B. Wood were chosen delegates to attend a convention which had been called to meet at Sidney.

Not long after the establishment of a postoffice at Gering. other community centers organized and a number of outlying offices were supplied through the Gering office. Miss Worthington had one established at Creighton valley. This valley was first called Irish Flats but after considerable newspaper discussion and other controversy, Creighton valley came

more generally into use. Another postoffice was established at Mitchell, which was then on the south side of the river about two miles west of the south end of the present .Mitchell bridge. Geo. L. Shockley was appointed postmaster.

In thirty-four years of existence Gering has had hut five postmasters. O. W. Gardner was the first. Ed Thornton followed and then Fred A. Wright. With the return of the republicans to national power A. B. Wood was appointed and served the longest of any incumbent, or a total of sixteen years.