Editing Morrill, Nebraska (section)

==History==
In 1886, settlers from the vicinity of [[Fort Collins, Colorado]] found a fertile valley at the mouth of the Sheep Creek draw about a mile north of present-day Morrill.  There, they established a settlement to which they gave the name of Collins.<ref name=casde>Marron, June.  [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/scottsbluff/morrill/index.php "Morrill&mdash;Scotts Bluff County".]  [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=November 23, 2011 }}  Retrieved February 19, 2012.</ref>

In the early 1900s, the impending arrival of the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|Burlington Railroad]] in the vicinity prompted the relocation of the town.  Spurred by the rumor that a depot would be built in the area, Charles Henry Morrill, president of the Lincoln Land Company, platted the new townsite about a mile from Collins.  The new settlement, which bore Morrill's name, was incorporated in 1907.<ref name=casde/><ref name=survey>Kooiman, Barbara, Elizabeth A. Butterfield, Christina Slattery, and Anthony Godfrey.  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061116020422/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/reports/scottsbluff_county.pdf "Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Reconnaissance Survey Final Report of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska".]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19981111190309/http://nebraskahistory.org/ Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved February 19, 2012.</ref>