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Boot Hill Cemetery In the stirring days of 1875, when the present city of Ogallala was an infant town on the Union Pacific Railroad; Old Boot Hill Cemetery, which is located northwest of Ogallala on a rise, was the burial place for settlers, transients and others who participated in the building of the little prairie. Many are the stories told of those stirring days when gun battles took their toll of human life and the south side of the railroad tracks echoed with gunfire as some slick gambler or horse thief met his waterloo. The question arose to where to bury these folks who had fallen. In addition to those who died and the problem was to create a place of final rest for these adventuresome souls who formed one of the early day settlements in what is now Keith County. The old time burials in Boot Hill cemetery were generally with their boots on , thus the name “Boot Hill”. The bodies were buried in canvas sacks and laid on several boards. The dirt was then thrown in and the grave marked with a wooden marker. Boot Hill is unique in that within its sod there lies imprisoned many stories of the early days of Ogallala. Some of these stories will never be told, but Boot Hill will always be a reminder of early Keith County History. How to Find It: West 10th & Park Hill Drive, Ogallala Tel: 800-658-4390 For more information, visit |
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