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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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but the entire region is underlaid by ‘a shale or clay which can not with-
stand the action of water, and such pees a placed regions as ere sub-
ject to a sudden ingress of Sg
large volumes of water are
eut and slashed in every di-
rection, losing their surface
vegetation and soil and be-
. pe: | coming expanses of "bad lands"
- ota ~ a surprisingly conservative
| name for this western country
so given to lurid nomencla-
ture. No reasonable amount
of "conservation" will save
these few peculiar regions,
and no one who looks upon
them will have any sugges~-
tions to offer as to their
reclamation. Fortunately,
the bad lands of Nebraska
are of limited area, embrac-
Pe aN a Aa TARR 0d TU ing comparatively few sec-
Same, StH favthex ont Ridge th Sistance forms southenn Aidsneinics of Hat Creek vawes ” tions of land. They are
limited to the western portion of the stete, and more particularly the ex- ,
iB treme northwestern part, where they are a negligible appendage of the vast
7 tract of similar character which exists in South Dekota. Cwing to their
R striking features they have been much exploited, both photographically and.
in a literary way, until the impression has become widespread that the
emake, VSl lands are illinitable wastes, instead of the insignificant
. a } | | ‘ & and seattered patches which
: ioe has Seem they really are.
Se ee eg
. & i 3 | | But they are none the
: ie | sae less a wonderfully interest-_
q vee. he bea s | ing field for study. After
- | | . one look I tearfully buried
every idea of conservation
or reclamation, and joyfully
| devoted myself to viewing
their wonders and using all
the plates and Pilms et hand.
. I made in all four trips to
this region, and never came S
away with an unexposed film.
The deep valleys, the wrin-
kled sides of the slopes,
Baad hands, Cas¥ward across head bf Praixre Pog Creek
