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Title
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Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911
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Date
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June 17-July 2, 1911
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Creator
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Frank H. Shoemaker
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Description
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Regional Narrative
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Identifier
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321301-1911
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Rights
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View eas? werestubtad of Menree Cony +
near us, its green pines and white buttes leading away to the north into
Hat Creek Valley, and that in turn being visibly bounded miles and miles
away by the nearer slope of the country leading up to the Black Hills,
which themselves apveared as low clouds on the horizon. It was a mag-
nificent view, the more effective on account of its sudden disclosure.
From this height the road descends into the canyon, which continues
to lead downward until its mouth, over three miles from its beginnings,
is about SCC feet lower. The sides of the canyon are covered sparingly
with bull pines, which rarely form a dense growth in this region. Cedar
is found occasionally, and juniper as well, the three constitutine the
entire coniferous esrowrth. The region was in earlier years "lumbered"
just enough that lerge pines are rere.
Descending the canyon, deciduous forms appear in increasing variety,
until well down the canyon the growth of eln, cottonwood, hackberry,
