Editing Stockville, Nebraska (section)

==History==
A band of [[Oglala]] [[Dakota people|Dakota]] called the Cut-off Oglala took up residence near Stockville in 1870. In the same year white cattlemen began to settle near [[Medicine Creek (Republican River tributary)|Medicine Creek]]. In fall 1872, the Oglala chief Whistler and two more Oglala were murdered, probably by white [[bison]] hunters, and in 1873-1874 the Oglala departed the valley to reside on a [[Indian Reservation|reservation]].<ref name="Fisher">{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=John R. |title=The Royall and Duncan Pursuits: Aftermath of the Battle of Summit Springs, 1869 |url=https://history.nebraska.gov/sites/history.nebraska.gov/files/doc/publications/NH1969RoyallDuncan.pdf |journal=Nebraska History |date=1969 |volume=50 |pages=305–306}}</ref>

Stockville was founded in 1872.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/frontier/stockville/ | title=Stockville, Frontier County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 9, 2014}}</ref> Its name refers to the livestock of the many ranchers in the area.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | pages=62| isbn=0803250606 }} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref>