It was later bought by the chautauqua association, and by the people connected therewith sold to the school district. Jacobus' family occupied the sod house that stood among the young cottonwoods of the time. I visited W. H. Wr right who then lived two miles in the country ; then Mr. Lackey, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Sayre; and others that I knew personally. Mr. Wright, who was townsite agent, and I selected a lot and I put up the tent, intending to hold a week's meeting.

"The next morning Mr. Jacobus' twelve year old daughter looked out the window and shouted, 'Mr. Currens, your tent is down.' There had been a cold snow and heavy March wind during the night. It had pulled the stakes from the soft ground 0f the cornfield and there was my tent all torn and flapping, and my lamp that I had bought in Gering the day before was broken. I laid a few boards on the flapping, torn tent, and took a night to consider what was best to do. The next morning I determined to build a church, and went over to Gering and bought the lumber for a small building, pledging my salary for the payment. We went to work and in a week we had a church built of rough boards set on end, and a board roof ; also a church and Sunday School was organized.

"Rev. E. H. Sayre preached every other Sunday while the Christian minister at Gering held services here the alternate Sunday. Air. Jacobus was superintendent of the Sunday School ; Mr. Wright, assistant ; Miss Orr, secretary; and Mr. Lackey teacher of the Bible class. At first we sat on pine boards, but the Ladies Aid soon managed to get chairs and an organ while Mr.