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September 16, 1896, when Nathaniel J. Shields established a rural post office in his sod home. Shields and his wife Mary had four children, Mark, Arthur, Maude (Browning), and Laura (Martin) who were the first to live in Shields in the 1880s, when the
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Shields, destroying 30 structures and displacing 15 families. The wildfire was said to be caused by lightning striking dry pastures. After the fire, the
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