In 1911, it was found necessary to provide more school accommodation and a new building was erected in the west part of the city, at a cost of $20,000. There is a school population of 885 and the two large buildings are scarcely adequate to accommodate this large number. Up to 1887 there were no brick buildings in the town, but in the spring of that year, all the buildings on the west side of

was sold to the consumers at 20c a barrel. John Marston, now residing at the corner of Second street and Bordeaux avenue, was the chief water dealer in the early days at Chadron. The crying need of the city was more water. Artesian water was talked about, and a company was formed for the purpose of putting down a well. A contract was made with a well drilling outfit and work commenced on Pill hill just back of the present residence of W. S. Gillam. The contract price for the first thousand feet was $2.00, and for the second thousand feet, $1.00 per foot. The enthusiasm of the company veiled their wisdom when the contract

Jack Rabbit Roundup, Chadron

Main avenue from Second street to where the postoffke now stands were burned. There was not water enough in the town to put out a fire in a kitchen stove. People could only stand idly by and see their buildings go up in smoke. This was a severe blow to the town. But out of ashes and debris grew the splendid brick and stone buildings now occupying the same sites on Main avenue. Later an effort was made to provide some means of fire protection for the city. Two large cisterns were made. One at the corner of Main avenue and Second street and one at Egan and Second streets.