Before you is a settlement success story resulting from the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Timber Culture Act of 1873.
David A. and Kate E. (Blakely) Clopton came to Keya Paha county from Jefferson, Iowa in 1884. They homesteaded just south of . . . — — Map (db m237138) HM
Keya Paha County, organized at a special election January 20, 1885, was created from that part of Brown County lying north of the Niobrara River. Its name comes from Ke-ya Pa-ha Wakpi or Turtle Hill River, the Lakota Indian designation for . . . — — Map (db m237246) HM
Dedicated to the memory of our men from Keya Paha County who served their country in the Civil War, the Spanish War, and Great World War that Liberty shall not perish from the Earth. World War Antrim, Benj. R. Austin, Warren . . . — — Map (db m237257) WM
Dedicated to the memory of the Men and Women from Keya Paha County who served their county, that Liberty shall not perish from the Earth World War II Adams Everett V. • Adkinson Charles L. • ☆Alexander Charles H. • . . . — — Map (db m237274) WM
The first Keya Paha County Fair was held in September 1898. Ever since, the center of the fairs activities has been the Barn Dance. The current fairground was purchased in 1921. A new dance hall was approved in 1929 and built by Fred Taylor. The . . . — — Map (db m179183) HM
