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child when he "homesteaded" on Chadron creek, and is deserving of grateful remembrance for the large part he played in the establishment and upbuilding of the town of Chadron and in furthering the speedy settlement of the county. It was mainly due to his stand and influence that the town was named Chadron, as the railroad company had determined upon the name of Bordeaux.

It was often said in early days that no town of its size ever had so many individual characters of pronounced type as Chadron. Egan was one of them -- one who was ever ready to voice his honest opinions in matters of public concern, and stake his all upon his convictions. And those characters ranged from DeForest

Chadron was the first town established in the county. However, it was first on the map as O'Linn. In the summer of 1884 Mrs. Fannie O'Linn obtained the establishment of a postofhce and the appointment of herself as postmistress, naming the office in honor of her son who was accidentally killed and maintained it in a claim "shack" on her homestead on White river just east of the present Dakota Junction.

The shack was half "dug out" and half sod. that is, an excavation in the ground was dug about four feet in depth and sod walls laid up from the surface three or four feet, and this was covered by log rafters, brush and earth, making what is termed a dirt roof. It con-