Ogalla Authorities Ask Cowboys to Leave Revolvers with Police
Western Nebraskian, North Platte, Nebraska, July 26, 1879 [from: Robert G. Athearn, Union Pacific Country (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1971) pp. 292-294.]
Ogalla has become quite lively, bringing quarrels and bloodshed along with the town's rapid growth.
Authorities believe that the boom period of the "cowboy capital" will last now that the Union Pacific railroad has improved the cattle yard and lengthened the siding.
The railroad anticipates shipping a record 8,500 cars of livestock eastward to its railheads in Omaha and Council Bluffs this year.
(rewritten by Nate Segal to resemble a newspaper article of the time)
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