The
first attempt at town building in the county was
made in the northest corner of the county, on the
line of the of
the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. The
town of Inland was laid out in 1871, by the South
Platte Town
Company. The town site was located on a section
of Government land, which it is well understood
was settled
by parties at the instigation of the company and
from whom, after they secured the title, the company
procured
the land. Those settling in the town site
were:
George
Sluyter
William
Janes
Volney
Janes
George
Knapp
The
town had grown to be quite a village, containing
several houses, stores, etc., also a large two story
frame school
building, costing about $5.000.00. In 1878,
the town was removed from the original site to a
point on the
railroad about three miles to the east.
The
entire place was taken away and nothing now remains
to mark the site of the village but the old caving
cellar
excavations and the solitary school building.
Other
towns were laid out later in the season, Juniata
being the next, and followed by Hastings and others.