School was first held in a log house. Classes occupied a building and several rooms in other locations for several years. In 1913, when state law required compulsary education through age 16, a county high school was needed. In 1964 a brick high school was built, and the old school facility to became the Keya Paha County Historical Museum. Sunday schools were established by the circuit rider Rev. Frady.
Fires bring tragic memories to a community.
Early settlers saw prairie fires, set by the Sioux on the reservation and whipped by high winds, sweep across the countryside, burning everything and everyone in its path. Years later the volunteer fire department's hose carts were kept in the old State Bank building and hooked to the first car arriving after the initial blast of the siren. In 1953, a county fire district was organized. Recently a new building was completed, with room for the two fire trucks and the ambulance. Three privately-owned telephone companies were in operation in the county at the turn of the century.