Kimball County 4H Traditional Cache
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This cache is being placed by the Extension office in the area. This cache is located near Kimball Ne. Access to this cache should be great year round and not too difficult.Driving on a gravel road is mandatory for this cache.
Kimball County was spawned about 1870 by the Union Pacific Railroad, a little settlement of adobe shacks to house the workers, and a water supply for the steam powered locomotives and residents of the area. Because of the prevalence of antelope, the town of Kimball was known as Antelopeville. Because of confusion in 1885 with another town called Antelope, a change of name was suggested. The influence of the railroad can be attested to with the choice of "Kimball." A friend of the Lynch's, Thomas Lord Kimball, general manager on the U.P., would sidetrack his personal car and visit them when passing through town. When the area separated from Cheyenne County in 1888, the county also chose the name.
Early in 1900 a county-wide high school was proposed. Kimball County High School, the first in the state, opened its doors on January 3, 1910.
oil was discovered in 1951. This brought hundreds of people to Kimball County. At one time 28 "producers" were operating within the city limits. The town bustled with improvements, paved streets, added schools, businesses, housing additions, and expanded every governmental entity. Within a decade the population was nearly 5,000.
In early 1960 a mammoth hole was dug south of town and residents viewed the huge Atlas missile taken to the site. In the next few years, people swarmed into Kimball as 90 Minute Man launch sites were constructed. The impact, on top of the oil boom, overwhelmed the city as it faced added city services, more new schools, and trailer villages to accommodate the influx of families. The city coped as the population climbed to nearly 8,000.
Today in Kimball County the population hovers at about 4,108. Kimball County is once again a Leader in Energy this time with a renewable resource that is present the majority of the time here in the Panhandle Wind. Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) officially dedicated what was the state's first large commercial wind farm, and the largest wind farm of its time in Nebraska, on Nov. 13 2002.
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