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Title
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Sidney, Banner County, Scotts Bluff, July 30-Aug. 9, 1911
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Date
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July 30-Aug. 9, 1911
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Sandhills Narratives
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Identifier
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27125
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Transcription
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1 Near…. Our party of four left Thomas County on the evening of July 30th for a short visit to Banner County. The best we could do in planning our trip west from Halsey was to leave there in the evening, spend the night at Seneca, and take a morning train to Sidney. The western boundary of the sandhills is sharply marked in the region traversed by the railroad. About three miles east of Alliance the sandhills end abruptly, and the transition to clearly defined plains conditions is immediate, this definition being visible from the car windows for several miles north and south. To the southward, however, the line of sandhills swerves sharply to the westward, roughly paralleling the valley of the North Platte River, so that the true sandhill area is again entered about five miles south of Alliance. New flowers appeared in numbers, notably Mentzelia, prickly poppy, and mallows. Crossing the North Platte River at Bridgeport , the sandhill area is soon passed and plains conditions again prevail. I tried a photograph from the moving train near Vance , with fair success, the object being to show the character of the strata on high points in the region.
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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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