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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1913

Page

23

Cheyenne County Aims and Developments Across the Plains

A historic account details Cheyenne County's original size and 1889 changes, its current 36 by 40 mile bounds, and proximity to Wyoming and Colorado. It notes climate, soil, irrigation, railroads Union Pacific and Burlington, Sidney as county seat, Lodgepole Creek, and a thriving population rooted in German, Bohemian, and Scandinavian heritage. It covers churches, Dunkard cemetery, schools, district growth to sixty-two, finances, and county prosperity with farming and industry driving growth.

Cheyenne County Big Springs Wyoming Line Alliance Colorado Line Morrill County United States Rocky Mountains Union Pacific Lodgepole Potter Sidney Sunol Burlington Dalton Marlow Ickes Clara Leafdale Sextorp Weyerts

Farming in Cheyenne County by Jacob Eckert praises local profits

Jacob Eckert and his family migrated to Cheyenne County twenty nine years ago and built a large farming operation totaling 3200 acres. He cites consistent crop success with oats, potatoes and cattle, noting no crop failure in twenty nine seasons and strong returns from 100 cultivated acres yielding two thousand five hundred forty dollars. He asserts any family can prosper on a 160 acre plot in the area.

Jacob Eckert Mr. Eckert Illinois Indiana Ohio Sidney Dalton C. E. Harper Eckert

The Postoffice at Sidney Wyoming Through Time

The Sidney post office began in July 1868 as Sidney, Wyoming, with postmasters Hilliard Ellsworth and Thomas Kane. It moved to Nebraska in 1870 and has since had sixteen postmasters including Moore Jewett Dudley Brennan Lyon Sanders Callahan McLernon and current holder John T McIntosh. Edward McLernon longest serving eight years. Reuben T Hilliard shortest six months. Office is third class with a salary of 1900 dollars.

Sidney Wyoming Hilliard Ellsworth Thomas Kane Nebraska Moore Jewett Dudley Brennan Lyon Sanders Callahan McLernon John T. McIntosh Edward McLernon Reuben T. Hilliard

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