There are people living in Chadron at .this date who are said to have gazed into the barrel of her six shooter. Her claim was swallowed up

new town was named after the old. Whether or not the new town was launched into existence by the bursting of a bottle of champagne, we are unable to enlighten the reader. But knowing the particular thirst that gnawed at the throats of many westerners of that date, we deem it safe to say that nothing less than straight whiskey was indulged in on that occasion. Anyway, the town was platted, named Chadron, lots listed for sale and the sale day set for August 1, 1885. An arrangement was made with the Town Lot company by which the business men at old Chadron could select lots in the new town and purchase them at the list price, but all others would be sold at auction, at not less than the list price to the highest bidder. Those entitled to lots at list price had

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in expenses when she was charged with murder, and for some years she was a county ward. In the summer of 1885, the F. E. & M. V. railroad was built from Valentine westward a hundred miles through the sand hills and finally reached the rich open prairies of what are now Sheridan and Dawes counties. For some reason the lands upon which the Western Town Lot company expected to locate the town near White river were not available for that purpose. But the town lot company had quietly secured a tract of sufficient dimensions for a good sized town, platted the same and selected "Bordeaux" as a suitable name for the infant metropolis. This christening was not satisfactory to the first settlers, and steps were taken that brought about a re-christening and the