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Title
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Dundy, Hitchcock, Redwillow, Furnas Counties, 1912
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Date
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1912
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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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321301-191
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Transcription
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14 fields a load of fresh alfalfa hay, and left it by the stable! I took off my shoes and leggins, unfurled my blanket, got into my mosquito hood, snuggled down in the fragrant softness of the hay with a loving last look at Lyra and some other overhead friends, and lost track of things. A wandering nag ate part of my bed during the night, but I managed to keep most of it. At 5:30 I started east, after another alkaline draught, and walked ten miles to Stratton . The country was become depressingly agricultural; corn and alfalfa everywhere, and nothing to interest me. I had hoped for a wilder region, with things to investigate and photograph; and here was the country-side disfigured with crops, ruining the scenery and leaving me morose and dangerous. Here and there, however, there was a stretch of hopeful uselessness–areas give over to Russian thistle and Cleome , the latter growing abundantly along the roadside. It is a handsome flower, and I photographed in the early morning light a characteristic section of the miles-long patches. One often gets much better perspective and very much superior tones by attending to his photography when the sun is not shining; this subject would look like wall-paper if attempted at noon. I reached Stratton shortly ahead of a storm which has closed in rapidly from the southwest. The rain started at nine o’clock and lasted until nearly noon–a steady rain which ruined the roads and my disposition, for I had hope to reach McCook , 42 miles, before night. But the region
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Rights
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