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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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Early in the afternoon of June 18th our whole perty boarded the large
hard wagon and took the first of a series of drives to neighboring points | |
of interest, going on this oe- | |
ecasion to the mouth of Monroe
Canyon and southeest from there
to the "bad lands" of Prairie
Dog Creek. The route was in-
direct, as we hed to make long
detours to cross intervening
ereeks, which all cut deep
gulehes in the unstable soil
as scon as they emerge from the |
ridge. Powell knew the coun-
try well, and on this and all
other trips he knew just how to
reech our destination, which
would have been a pretty prob-
lem without him.
All of the creeks running | TY
from the south ridge into Hat Sammi)
Creek Valley are fairly well 9 © wecwsli sur meres
timbered, and the avyearance of these streams from a high point on the ridge
is interesting; each stream for many miles can be traced by the srowth of *
cottonwoods, elms, box elders, and other deciduous trees, with here and
there a pine. Some of the streams stert with a good volume of water from
fine, cold syrings, and manage to maintain a flow until they connect with
the main streams fer out in the valley. Cthers, however, starting bravely
enough, yield to the thirsty | , ,
land after they have traversed -
@ mile or two, beyond which ;
there is no water, although ~
there is a well defined creek
bed, for when heavy rains come, .
and in the spring when the snoWygp,
in the canyons melts, there is @
a great amount of water to be
cerried away, and the whole
region bears testimony to the
frequent activity of these dry |
courses. The soil of Hat
Creek Valley is of variable
cheracter, some of it being
good lend, as is evidenced by
the farms scattered over it;
Seurse of Ahenuoe Creek entering Het Creek We ley
