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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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17 tion now was Cedar Bluffs , Kansas, about 19 miles south and slightly east. I was leaving the valley of the Republican to enter that of the Beaver. These valleys are separated by a high ridge, and I took two or three photographs before reaching the summit. One of these shows a ruined soddy, with the high weeds growing about; another shows “cat-stairs”–loess slips–on a distant hillside; and another a view from the heights back towards McCook . I did not follow the direct road, but put in several extra miles going east and west, collecting specimens and amusing myself. It is part of the fun not to be in a hurry, and to arrive only when and not until you get there–wherever that is. Near the crest of the ridge, where the hypothetical drop wavers as between the Republican and the Beaver, I came across a farmer preparing to hitch five horses to a plow. I got to thinking what if I had to do it myself and nothing to eat until I did it; and the thought was so disturbing that I concluded to learn. So I dropped everything and looked on. The farmer was a jolly big young fellow, tanned like a Turk, and quite inclined to sociability; so I hung around and watched. While he was assorting his beasts and giving them places and hades, he found time to take a lively interest in my affairs; want to know where from, where to, why, and how; and I told him fully. He had tagged me as a professional walker, and supposed I was
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Rights
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