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Title
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Scottsbluff Narratives, 1936_008
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Alternative Title
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1936 Scottsbluff Narratives
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Date
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1936
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Frank Shoemaker - Sandhills Narratives
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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2 Apr 4, '36 - sheet 2 I took several interesting photographs of Court House and Jail rocks. which accompany. Then back to Chimney Rock; a landmark so impressive and so odd that every book of travel from 1820 to 1860 tells about it, and many afford pictures. Brule base, volcanic ash strata, Gering formation, a tip of Arikara sandstone; a finger sticking up 460 feet, through some odd trick of local induration, while the whole surrounding country has yielded to erosion; a finger visible for scores of miles-an oddity most impressive to "Oregon Trailers," many thousands of whom had come from points west of the mild Alleghenies, and who had never seen even a hill of dimensions before starting on their amazing adventure. - I took several photographs, which accompany. A mile northeast of Chimney Rock we approached a little farmstead - afoot; for this was one of the areas where today we dared not risk taking the car. A most personable woman in her thirties gave us welcome and information. It was a lasting pleasure, to me, to encounter an isolated farm woman in humble placement with enough bearing and self-value to keep herself up; alert, well dressed and cleanly. The present home is a modest but well kept frame house; she told us the history of the three "soddies" about the promises. I took a photograph of the oldest, which was built in 1886, now used of nights by a flock of chickens. Biological notes: The air was nicely populated for most of the day by migrating geese and ducks; often flying so low, probably on account of atmospheric con-
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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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