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Cheyenne County in Early Pioneer Days
Cheyenne County forms from Lincoln County in 1870 after a push for separate organization. Sidney becomes county seat, schools develop, Fort Sidney established, and early settlers report cattle and sheep interests, Indian incidents, and a growing community in the 1870s with notable residents and the first newspaper Sidney Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Union Pacific
Sidney
Lincoln County
Thomas Kane
Lincoln
Dennis Carrigan
George C. Cook
George W. Heist
James A. Moore
L. Connell
Cc. F. Borgquist
Joseph Claybourne
Irene Sherwood
J.M. Brenton
N. L. Shelton
Cheyenne
Antelope
Lodge Pole
Fanny
Joseph Fisher
Henry Neuman
Miss McMurray
Fort Sidney
I. W. LaMunyon
North Platte
Pumpkinseed Creek
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