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Title
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A DRIVE IN THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS IN 1911
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Date
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1911
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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5 or, more accurately, the northwestern end; for with impressive frequency they are elongate in form and their general direction, or trend, is from northwest to southeast. Ordinarily the northwest end is characterized by a boggy tract filled with ferns, until a point near the water is reached, where these is an area of treacherous black mud.The lakes vary remarkably in the character of the water, and correspondingly in the plant and animal life which they maintain. Chemical analyses have shown that the degree of alkalinity varies greatly, the water of some lakes containing twenty times as much alkali as others; and strangely enough, a definitely fresh and markedly alkaline lake may be near neighbors, to all appearances drawing upon the same sources for their water supply. Everything here is on a bigger scale than in Thomas county sandhills which we have just visited: more room, higher sandhills, more numerous and larger blow-outs, more yucca and cactus. In the southwestern part of the county lies another considerable group of lakes.
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Rights
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