The settlement served as the county seat of Lincoln County until the Union Pacific Railroad established North Platte as a primary station. Not far away, a military post known as Cantonment McKeen for the commanding officer of the western territory of the Platte Valley was built in 1863.
The amount of protein in an egg varies by the size of the egg. One small egg contains 4.8 grams of protein. There are 5.5 grams in a medium egg; 6.3 grams in a large; and a jumbo egg contains 7.9 grams. Because eggs are relatively inexpensive, they are an affordable source of protein in the diet.
4 EGG WHITES. When it comes to animal proteins, egg whites are the leanest. One egg white contains about 17 calories, zero fat and 3.6 grams of protein. The white, also called the albumen, contains about half of the eggâs total protein and a majority of the eggâs potassium, magnesium and riboflavin.