Part 13 (1/2)

SHELTON, NEB.--Named after the cas.h.i.+er of the Company at Omaha.

KEARNEY, NEB.--Named after Gen'l Kearney of Mexican War fame. Was the site of Old Ft. Kearney established in 1858 for the protection of the Overland Route.

COZAD, NEB.--Named after a gentleman from Cincinnati, Ohio, who purchasing 40,000 acres from the railroad laid out the town.

WILLOW ISLAND, NEB.--So named from the large number of willow bushes on an island in the Platte River near by.

BRADYS ISLAND, NEB.--From an adjacent island in the Platte River.

OGALLALA, NEB.--From the Ogallala, a division of the Sioux or Dacotah tribe of Indians, of which Spotted Tail was the most famous chief. The word means ”throwing at or into.”

BRULE, NEB.--From the Brule Sioux. Red Cloud was its most famous chief. The word is French meaning ”burnt.” They call themselves ”Burnt thighs.”

BIG SPRINGS, NEB.--Named after several large springs in the vicinity.

A noted camping ground on the Overland.

JULESBURG, NEB.--Named after an agent of the Overland Mail Co., variously referred to as Jules Bernard, Jules Beni, Jules Burg or Dirty Jules, who was at one time agent of the Stage Company at that point.

LODGE POLE, COLO.--From a stream of that name which the railroad follows for some little distance.

SIDNEY, NEB.--Named after Sidney Dillon, at one time president of the Union Pacific.

BROWNSON, NEB.--Called after a former General Freight Agent of the Company.

KIMBALL, NEB.--Named after Thos. L. Kimball, General Pa.s.senger Agent, and afterwards General Manager.

PINE BLUFFS, WYO.--Takes its name from the stunted growth along the adjacent bluffs.

HILLSDALE, WYO.--Named after an engineer, (Hill) who was killed here during the preliminary survey.

CHEYENNE, WYO.--From an Indian Tribe of that name. The word is supposed to be derived from the French ”Chien” a dog and to mean Dog soldier. Other authorities connect it with the Indian word ”Shallana”

meaning red or red man.

BUFORD, WYO.--Named after old Ft. Buford.

SHERMAN, WYO.--The highest point on the line named after the tallest General (Sherman) in the Union Army.

TIE SIDING, WYO.--Vast quant.i.ties of ties were s.h.i.+pped from this point for use in the construction, they coming from the mountains in the vicinity.

LARAMIE, WYO.--The name comes from Jacques Laramie, a fur trader who was killed in this vicinity by the Indians in 1820.

MEDICINE BOW, WYO.--From the Medicine Bow Mountains among which it is situated.

FT. STEELE, WYO.--From Ft. Fred Steele, established in 1868 on the same site.

RAWLINS, WYO.--Named after Gen. Jno. A. Rawlins, Gen'l Grant's, Chief of Staff and his First Secretary of War.