1998 Scottsbluff Area Directory
including the surrounding communities of Bayard, Gering, Henry, Lyman, McGrew, Melbeta, Minatare, Mitchell and Morrill in Scotts Bluff County.
by R.L. Polk & Co.

This is the annual city directory, not a phone book and not a county history. The alphabetical section lists residents with address, occupation, and often a spouse. The street guide runs the other way, from an address to the name. A classified business section sits at the back.  The original price was $230.00.

Genealogists use a run of them to watch a household move, a woman change her name, or a business open and close. One year is a snapshot. The set is the record. Later directories do not replace an earlier one.