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July   , a whitish marble, then a red marble, then red beds & gypsum, then the sandstone of the outer wall of the hills. 
A marked change in vegetation noticed from the granite to the outer formations. Saw a fine [[male symbol]] Louisiana Tanager, the first male that I have seen.

Left Buffalo Gap at 5:44 P.M. & got into Chadron at about 8. There had been a heavy rain at Chadron & the streets were like a river, water about a foot deep on a level. The railroad completely submerged. Had to wait till morning for a train west.

" [[ditto for: July]] 27. Started W. at 7:20. Near Custer oats were not headed out & potatos hardly in blossom; at Chadron they were harvesting oats, wheat & barley, & corn was tasseled out, any farms near Chadron