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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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The house is on the west
side of the Monroe Cenyon
roed, which is the thorough-
fare to Harrison for all the
ranchers and cowboys of Hat
Creek Valley and the neigh-
boring canyons. Saturdays
and Mondays are the heevy
aw = —ti ee «traffic days, and many teams
"4c ~~ Meg ond horsemen pass. Of
wie | Mae course, nobody walks; that
is en unknown means of
locomotion. Throughout
our stay we left the cottage
unlocked, and the doors fre-
quentiy wide open, for a —
full day at a time, while
Rae oe heh aia \ REGS we departed on expeditions
Hie Mehra <etrese in various directions, and
not one of our possessions was molested, though there were many handy things
lying about, and notwithstanding the fact that the spring is a favorite stopping-
place. Several large droves of cattle went by while we were there, as the
country was so dry thet change of pasture or enforced shipment to market was
almost universal in that region. After one of these droves head passed, it
was surprising to note how many cattle-flies had availed themselves of stop-
over privileges; for a dey or two the road would be thickly inhabited by «
the vests.
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The first afternoon was given over to "getting settled," as we called the
hanging and piling up, shelving, tucking in, laying on and spreading out of |
our multifarious vossessions. The upper part of the house was not convenient
for our uses, and the reer room was by common consent held sacred to the
operations of the cook. How we ever got all of our rubbish into one small room
even inconveniently, and left | | ——
space for the table in the mid-
dle, will forever remain a mys-
tery; for mark you, while one
was in the room there was not
sufficient space to see, or to
think coherently, and when one
went outside he had not the
deta visible for solution of
the problem. Fut every mem-
per of the party proved a good
fellow, and we passed sixteen
hapvy days in this bedlan
without any duels, and even
with an unbelievable dearth
of cuss-words.
om : e- : ee eee s
die ylew northwest fren east ~ilse of Monroe Canyon
i ie re ek! hs eli ae ciliate ane tae
