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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne Banner
Cheyenne
Duues
Kimball
Scotts Blum
Morrill
Uarden
Deuwel
Also Mentioned on This Page
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
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