Welcome to southwest Nebraska and Hitchcock County. The county is home to 2,908 people and the county seat is Trenton. The other towns within the county borders include Culbertson, Stratton, and Palisade.
The county was founded in 1873 and named after Phineas Hitchcock, a surveyor-general and U.S. Senator. The original inhabitants were the Pawnee Indians who used the area as buffalo hunting grounds. In 1873, nearly 700 Pawnee men, women, and children were massacred by Sioux Indians. The monument to that battle is shown in the cover photo of this article.