This
town is the county seat of Keith County, and the
only town in the county. It is on the line
of the Union Pacific Railroad,
and is quite centrally located. The location
is a good one, on the level bottom lands of the
South Platte River.
Besides
being the county seat, it is a headquarters
for supplies for the cattle men of the county, and
their meeting place.
The
population of the town is little more than one hundred,
and there are a number of business houses. Which
have a
stock of all such supplies as are in demand by the
inhabitants of the county.
This
has also been quite a prominent shipping point for
cattle driven through from Texas. As it is
the end of one of the
routes by which those cattle are driven.
Ogalalla
is most decidedly the cattle men's town, and on
some occasions, it has been the scene of exciting
times.
It
may be described as a wild town, with a restless
people, and in the midst of a sparsely settlement
county.