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Banner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 690.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31007.html )〕 Its county seat is Harrisburg;〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 there are no incorporated municipalities within the county. Banner County is part of the Scottsbluff, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== When Nebraska became a state in 1867, a single county encompassed the entire Panhandle.〔(Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey—Banner County. ) (Nebraska State Historical Society. ) Retrieved 2010-06-22.〕 In 1870, the southern half of the Panhandle was organized as Cheyenne County. The arrival of increasing numbers of settlers led to the partitioning of the county in 1888: the eastern third became Deuel County; the middle third became present-day Cheyenne County; and the western third became Kimball, Scotts Bluff, and Banner Counties.〔(Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey—Reconnaissance Final Report of Cheyenne County, Nebraska. ) (Nebraska State Historical Society. ) Retrieved 2010-06-22.〕 The last of these was named by citizens who declared that it would become the "banner county" of the state, and "the brightest star in the constellation of Nebraska counties".〔Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). ("Banner County". ) (''Nebraska Place-Names''. ) Retrieved 2010-06-29.〕 The initial settlement of the area was by cattle ranchers, drawn by good pastures in the Pumpkin Creek valley. In the late 1880s, these open-range ranchers were displaced by an influx of settlers; by 1890, almost every quarter-section (160 acres, or 65 ha) was claimed by homesteaders. However, the good moisture years that had attracted these settlers were succeeded by a severe drought in 1893 and 1894, which drove many of the new settlers away again; the number of farms in the county declined by more than half, from 565 in 1890 to 226 in 1900. The land thus vacated was again used by ranchers, who raised both crops and cattle. The 1904 passage of the Kinkaid Act, which allowed homesteaders to claim brought a new wave of settlers; however, even these larger tracts were often insufficient to support a family, and many of the Kinkaid claims were eventually sold to established cattle ranchers.〔〔Hayes and Bedell (1921), p. 11.〕 The county's growth was hindered by the absence of railroads: the nearest lines ran through Kimball, to the south, and Gering, to the north. Roads were also slow to develop in the county: in 1921, only dirt roads existed. The difficulty of reaching markets tended to discourage commercial crop farming in the county.〔Hayes and Bedell (1921), p. 9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banner County, Nebraska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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