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Title
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Thomas County, July 3-11, July 27-30, 1911
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Date
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July 3-11, July 27-30, 1911
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Narratives
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Identifier
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321301-1911-0133.jpg
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Transcription
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4 View…. View…. while Sioux County . A fine hill back of the station suited my fancy, and there I wasted many hours in sleep. One of the real joys of our Forest Reserve experience was the bathing in the river. The volume of water is considerable, and the fact that we could rarely find places over three feet deep did not detract from the cool delight of fighting the swift current. I indulged in a swim at all kinds of hours, even at midnight, the invitation of the water being especially tempting after a hot trip in the sandhills. As will be noted from the accompanying photographs, the region hereabouts is divided sharply into just two kinds of country — the sandhills and the valley. The sandhills are high and rugged, covered in the main with “bunch-grass,” with here and there areas, generally on slopes or in depressions, thickly covered with shrubs. There are enough suitable grasses that it is a good grazing country. The most striking and characteristic things about the sandhill country are the “blow-outs.” Great hills of sand are attacked by the northwest winds, which in the course of years excavate large cavities, beginning at the vulnerable point near the crest and working down and backward, so that finally the one-time hill becomes but half a hill with a deep
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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