County judge, Justice of the Peace and County Attorney. His father was a candidate for State Regent of the University of Nebraska in 1899.

      C. B. GOODSPEED was born in Joliet, Illinois, August 24, 1865. His parents came to Cass County, Nebraska in 1867 and then lived in Saunders and Dodge Counties. In 1897 he came to Brown County. Both his father and mother were old settlers and after his father had made his filing, the Indians raided the territory where his homestead lay and carried off three families and killed several people. Mr. Goodspeed graduated from the Fremont high school with the class of 1887 and has pursued the profession of teaching. having been Assistant Superintendent of Dodge County for three terms and twice elected County Superintendent of Brown County on the Republican ticket.

      CHARLES O. MURPHY was born June 2, 1873 on a ranch located where David City now stands. His father built the first house in that region, having come to Nebraska in 1869. When eleven years of age his parents moved to Brown County and Mr. Murphy was employed for nine years as agent and operator for the Northwestern Railroad. He took a homestead in Brown County in 1901 and that same year married Miss Margaret Aibler. He is affiliated with the Democratic party and has served two terms as Deputy County Treasurer and has been elected Treasurer.

     E. B. SMITH was born in Waukegan, Illinois, June 27, 1855 and studied at Northwestern University and Illinois State University.

He came to Fillmore County, Nebraska in 1878, then, returned to Illinois, where he married Miss Elva L. Harvey in 1879. Returning to Nebraska for a short time he returned to Illinois for a second time. In 1883 he located in Brown County. Mr. Smith is a member of the Republican party and is now serving his fifth term as Clerk of Brown County.

      O. L. RAMSEY was born October 24, 1852 at LaSalle, Illinois, and is a graduate of Wheaton College. In 1870 he went to Western Kansas and in 1881 went to Colorado, where he served as a Methodist minister at Denver. After serving several charges in Wyoming and Northwestern Nebraska he settied at Ainsworth, Nebraska, his present home. He was married to Miss B. V. Mayes of Denver, Colorado in 1878. He is associated with the Republican party and is at present the judge of Brown County.

      TALBOT B. ALDERMAN was born December 23, 1850 in Oakfield Center, Wisconsin. He began surveying out timber lands for a lumber firm in Kerby County, Michigan in 1870 and 1871, but by trade he is a carpenter. He is employed by the Beatrice Creamery Company as station operator. He went to North Dakota in 1881 and settled in Brown County, Nebraska in 1883. Mr. Alderman is serving his second term as Surveyor of Brown County and has been a road supervisor both in 'Wisconsin and Nebraska.

      JOHN SULLIVAN was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, February 12, 1843, later removing to Rochester, New York. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the Second New York, Company L, and served through the war. In 1867 he migrated to Iowa and two years later to Seward County, Nebraska. In 1880 he moved to what is now Keya Paha County and four years later located permanently in Brown County. He has been Sheriff of Seward County and Sheriff, County Commissioner and Assessor of Brown County, having been elected on the Republican ticket.

      P. W. MURPHY was born in David City, Nebraska, January 4, 1876. In his sixth year his parents removed to Blaine County and two years later to Brown County, his present home. In 1902 he married Miss Edith Heck of Long Pine. He is a member of the Democratic party and has served the county as Treasurer for two terms and also as Deputy Treasurer.

      J. H. SALZMAN was born in Germany, January 31, 1859. His parents came to the United States in 1861 and in his twenty-fourth year he located in Madison County, took a homestead in Cherry County the next year, and came to Brown County in 1899. In 1894 lie married Miss Anthone Schlueter and has five children. He is a member of the Republican party and is County Commissioner. Mr. Salzman has a ranch of 680 acres in Brown County and one of 1,720 acres in Cherry County', well stocked with cattle.
 

     Buffalo County served as a hunting and fighting ground for the Sioux and Pawnees. The first white inhabitants were Mormons, who settled on Wood River in 1858, and this settlement formed a general stopping place for Mormons on their way to Utah. It was also on the old emigrant road to Pike's Peak and California. The passing daily of several hundred wagons made this settlement quite a business center. Traffic was stopped for a time, however, at the outbreak of the war between the Cheyennes and the Sioux, and all but two of the ranchmen fled to Omaha and other points on the Missouri. Buffalo County, with an area of 864 square miles, and a population of 20,254, is located in the central part of Nebraska on the north side of the Platte. The Platte, South Loup and Wood Rivers drain this section. Beside these, many other streams cross this county, furnishing ample power for flower and grist mills. There are two bridges across the Platte, each nearly a mile in length. Considerable timber borders the streams which is more decorative than useful. The cereals are largely cultivated and alfalfa is especially abundant. The price of land varies from six to forty dollars an acre. The Union Pacific Railroad passed through the county four years before it was organized. Fort Kearney was the first town. Gibbon was the next town to be founded. It was laid out in 1871 by a colony from Ohio, consisting of eighty-five families. This town became very influential and the county seat was moved from Kearney to Gibbon. In the years of 1873 and 1874 the expiration of a financial boom plunged the county into heavy indebtedness. The State Reform School is located two miles west of Kearney.