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Title
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Scottsbluff Narratives, 1936_011
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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. 10 Another trip just before noon, to get negatives which will afford snappier prints than those taken on the 8th. These from the same positions. Apr. 12 Took dinner today with my friends the Cerveneys, whose farm lies under the east edge of Scott's Bluff. A summer day, very warm; every car in the county seems to be out. - Many tiger-beetles. Apr. 19 Enjoyed a trip to Signal Butte and the big Brule bridge, with Pauline Wisner, Cecile Kehl, Ruth Weaver, and Mary Cerveney. Left Gering about 1:30. A bring, clear day, starting warm and ending chilly and windy. We tried to approach Signal Butte from the east. When it was being excavated and studied several years ago farm roads were open, with wire gates; but now every road is crossed by tight wire. The best we could do, after nearly an hour's effort, was to attain the rise between Kiowa and Spring Creeks, near their junction, about ¾ mile from the butte. A little tired after our road-hunt, we decided to have lunch on the bank of Spring, which we did; a delightful occasion. It was then 3 p m, and it developed that one of our party had a 5 o'clock appointment in Scottsbluff. As the remaining time was too short to accomplish the trip with any satisfaction, we abandoned the visit to Signal Butte. I took three identical pictures of the distant butte, showing junction of Kiowa and Spring. I tried to find a short cut to the main road for our dated member to
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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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