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Nebraska County Countdown to Kickoff: Day 90

Let’s take a trip to McPherson County!

I did not write day 90 on Sunday because I am lazy, so you will get two today. The second will be tonight when I have some more time.

McPherson County was formed from Logan county in 1890 and was named after Union General James B. McPherson. The county seat is Tryon, Nebraska, named supposedly after people could not agree on a name and “kept on tryin’ (to think of a name.” That sounds like something I would do.

Tryon was the original county seat but from 1890-1892 they decided to name the town the same as the County, McPherson. There were a lot of county battles back in the day and McPherson was one of them. The unorganized territory to the west was annexed in 1891 but when people wanted the county seat to be moved to a more western location in 1913, Arthur county was formed from half of McPherson.

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