Bailey - Field notes, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana, July 9-August 18, 1909

If it just so happens that a work trip takes you through your childhood home town, would you stop and visit? On assignment in the summer of 1909, Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864-1942), chief naturalist with the Bureau of Biological Survey was headed to the Dakotas and Montana. His train trip out to him straight through his hometown of Elk River, Minnesota. And that is where these field notes begin. The notes transition quickly to the states of his assignment and include observations made in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota. Does this pique your interest? Join in with other volunteers to help us transcribe Bailey's sometimes challenging handwriting and learn a bit about the fauna and flora of this region.