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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />001000 <br /> <br />Tnble 3.-Population gro,",th--Hrb"" centers, Scotts clluff <br />and Goshen Countios <br /> <br />COlll1ty and Tovm <br /> <br /> Census <br />1920 1930 1940 19~6 os.h <br />2,508 2,.531 3,104 4,000 <br />660 1,079 1,125 1,200 <br />1,298 2,058 2,181 . 2,500 <br />6,912 8,465 12,057 14,500 <br /> 656 672 650 <br />129 167 176 177 <br />772 756 877 1,000 <br />129 138 145 <br />128 128 139 <br /> <br />S00t'oS Bluff County <br />Gering <br />j,.rina-tare <br />Eit0 he 11 <br />Scottsbluff <br />Lyman <br />Ho"ry <br />I\~orrill <br />ns~tC3ta <br />lYoGrew <br /> <br />Goshen Cou..nty <br />Torrincton <br />Lingle <br />Ft. Lnro.rnie <br />Vetera.n <br />HlUlt19Y <br />Yoder <br /> <br />1,301 <br />:063 <br /> <br />1,811 <br />415 <br />245 <br /> <br />266 <br /> <br />2,341 <br />428 <br />311 <br />400* <br />75* <br />201 <br /> <br />3 ~ 2G5 <br />520 <br />275 <br /> <br />8,'JlJ.rce-.'3t:::-o[~U of the ConsuS, e;~cept c,s notod", <br />*Unincorporc.tedj StCLte Hi,~h'.'Jo.~.r DCix~~.tmcnt C.stjr.;Clt.e. <br /> <br />INGFSTP.IAL mV:;LOP!\!:~;JT <br /> <br />Local Industry <br /> <br />Sefore the North Platte Proj8ct ~~~ constructedJ industrial <br />r.c'oi vi -ty in the D,reQ ,",as of li ttlo imforto.ncc. With thc bui lcll1t; of <br />tl18 r;dll'o'ids ond settlement on the .rroj(jct, sevor~l industries <br />sprung 'Jp at Torringtan, Vlyoming, ,:tnc'. Scottsbluff and Gering, Nobro.sk[1.. <br />Si tu~tcd. in L.n c~gricul tural Clrea. those industri8 S Cere JD.sicnlly <br />cancarnod '"lith the prccossing of q;ricultural prcducts. Pl:1nts r.ro <br />nm" eotnbliGhed i!l the fclloning lines of ,.ctivity: beet sug"r <br />refining; :;rc.in, feed, c..nd seed procc.::;singj pot:,,~to processing; mcnt <br />packing; co.binct, furniture o.nd mill nark; fr.rm m::cchinery; clo.y ',ricl:s <br />u!1d cCJnl::mt blocksj cre:1.!"11cnics; turke~r processing and p:!troleum refin- <br />jng. T"bl" 4 lists the main plo.nts lece.tod in t.,1C three 1"rgest com- <br />munities of the bvo irrig~tion dist~icts. <br /> <br />5 <br />