LOCKWOOD, NEB.—Named after a storekeeper of that name located there in the early days.
GRAND ISLAND, NEB.—Named after an island in the Platte River.
WOOD RIVER, NEB.—Called after a stream of that name adjacent to the town.
SHELTON, NEB.—Named after the cashier 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."