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==History== In 1866, the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] reached present-day Schuyler, at the time known as Shell Creek Station. Three years later, the [[Nebraska State Legislature]] divided large Platte County into three smaller counties, including Colfax County. In 1870, Shell Creek Station was renamed Schuyler.<ref name ="City of Schuyler official website: History">{{cite web|title=Schuyler, Nebraska|url=http://www.ci.schuyler.ne.us/history.asp|access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref> In 1870, the Union Pacific chose the town as the point at which Texas [[cattle]] being driven north would be loaded onto trains. With this, Schuyler became Nebraska's first "cow town". However, the resulting boom, which saw a six-fold increase in the town's population (from 100 to 600) and around 50,000 head of cattle pass through, was only temporary: the next year, the terminus of the cattle trail had moved west to [[Kearney, Nebraska|Kearney]].<ref name=history>{{cite book | last =Olson | first =James C. | title =History of Nebraska | publisher =University of Nebraska Press | year =1966 | location =Lincoln, Nebraska | pages =[https://archive.org/details/historyofnebrask0000olso/page/186 186β87] | isbn =0-8032-5790-2 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/historyofnebrask0000olso/page/186 | edition =Second }}</ref> The city's early residents were [[Czechs|Czech]], [[Irish people|Irish]], and [[Germans|German]] settlers. Settlement was enabled by Schuyler's geographic position, which caused the community to be associated with a number of historic overland transportation routes, including: * [[Oregon Trail]] (1836β1869) * [[Mormon Trail]] (1840sβ1850s) * [[Transcontinental Railway]] (1866βpresent) * Coast-to-coast [[Lincoln Highway]] (1913β1925) Beginning in the late 1980s, reductions in wages at the [[Cargill]] beef processing plant led to a change in Schuyler's demographic makeup. By 2017, an estimated 60% of the population was [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]], and immigrants from other parts of the world, including [[Somalia]] and [[Thailand]], had also moved to the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketplace.org/2017/09/08/business/how-latinos-transforming-economy-small-rural-town|title=How Latinos are transforming the economy of a small rural town|last1=Khrais|first1=Reema|date=September 8, 2017|work=Marketplace|access-date=2017-12-12|last2=Palacios|first2=Daisy}}</ref> In December 2020, the Schuyler City Council voted to reject the formation of a [[Local board of health|board of health]], which would have potentially resulted in a [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|mask mandate]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sun|first=CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS Schuyler|title=Schuyler City Council rejects board of health|url=https://columbustelegram.com/community/schuyler/news/schuyler-city-council-rejects-board-of-health/article_aec2214a-38a1-5ee8-a04a-f10900c7097a.html|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Columbus Telegram|language=en}}</ref> In January 2021, the city council voted to establish a board of health and appointed members, after two previous attempts failed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sun|first=CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS Schuyler|title=Schuyler forms its Board of Health|url=https://columbustelegram.com/community/schuyler/news/schuyler-forms-its-board-of-health/article_a6a7306c-571c-5c06-8f08-7ead2a39d59c.html|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Columbus Telegram|language=en}}</ref> The council passed a revised ordinance which gave the board power to only suggest actions to the city council. In March 2021, [[law enforcement]] sent a letter to Schuyler Community Schools complaining about an incident on February 24, 2021 involving a student.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Sun|first=CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS Schuyler|title=Superintendent talks Schuyler Community Schools' actions during weapons incident|url=https://columbustelegram.com/community/schuyler/news/superintendent-talks-schuyler-community-schools-actions-during-weapons-incident/article_ff241a81-cc9e-5b91-92b7-0657a4f5f1bd.html|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Columbus Telegram|language=en}}</ref> Law enforcement also said the relationship between the two entities was strained.<ref name=":0" /> [[File:Christ the King Priory, Schuyler, NE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Christ the King Priory]] [[File:Saint Benedict Center, Schuyler, NE, USA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Saint Benedict Center]]
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