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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1913

Page

9

Cheyenne County’s Formation and Frontier History

Cheyenne County formed by 1867 act, spanning longitudes 102 to 104 and latitudes 41 to 42, with early governance delayed by Indian wars. It grew through 1870s as population rose from 49 to 1558 by 1880, later yielding Banner, Deuel, Kimball, and Scottsbluff counties in 1888. The Oregon Trail and Fort Sedgwick era shaped settlement, rail expansion, and military posts from Julesburg to Fort Sidney, with key figures and battles chronicled through 1910 population shifts and county divisions.

Cheyenne David Butler Sidney Thomas Kane Joseph Fisher Joseph C. Cleburne A. F. Davis D. S. Martin Andy Golden H. A. Dygart John G. Ellis D. M. Kelleher H. L. Ellsworth Frederick Glover C. A. Moore Alexander Miller Golden Lincoln County Buffalo County Cheyenne County John H. Croxton Nebraska City John Taffe Omaha Congress Geo. B. Lake People’s Reform Party Nebraska Northwest Territory United States Banner, Devel, Kimball Scottsbluff Banner County Devel Kimball Scottisbluff Julesburg Robert S. Livingston Seventh Iowa Cavalry Nebraska Veteran Volunteer Cavalry Ash Hollow Sweetwater Morrill County Sidney Precinct Lodge Pole Antelope Big Springs Court House Rock Potter Greenwood Camp Clarke Oregon and California Overland Stage Company Union Pacific Railroad Black Hills California Road Little Blue Valley Union Pacific Blue Waters Creek W. S. Harney Harney Jules Benoit Bene Platte River Lodgepole Creek Company F Seventh Iowa Calvary Jules Station Sedgepole Camp Rankin Fort Eleventh Ohio Cavalry Mud Springs John C. Fremont Albert Sidney Johnston Shiloh Salt Lake City Fort Leavenworth Johnston Salt Lake Fort Kearney Sherman Division Missouri Fort Laramie St. Joseph Fort Sedgewick Oregon Fort Kearny Shuman Eleventh Ohio Cavalry Scotts Bluff Gap Fort Mitchell Robert B. Mitchell Ficklin’s Scotts Bluff Jules Stretch Courthouse Rock Chimney Rock Scott’s Bluff Scottsbluff County Kimball County Fort Grattam Fort Pierre Missouri River Fort Grattan John L. Grattan Fort Sidney Fort Sedgwick Sidney Barracks Department of the Interior

Cheyenne Formations Span Late 19th to Early 20th Century

The banner of Cheyenne appears linked to multiple town formations including 1888 Kimball and Scotts Blum, with Morrill and Uarden arising from Cheyenne between 1900 and 1908. The historical notes reference Deuwel and other origin notes for these areas.

Cheyenne Banner Cheyenne Duues Kimball Scotts Blum Morrill Uarden Deuwel

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North Fork Arkansas Upper Platte Agency Upper Arkansas Cheyenne River The Platte Sweetwater River Rockies Rocky Mountains W. H. Ashley Green River Smith, Jackson Sublette Ashley Nathaniel J. Wyeth Houston William Sublette Jules Lodgepole North Platte Annals of Cheyenne County Court House United Bureau OF Publicity, Commercial Club OF
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