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[[left page blank]] [[end page]] [[start page]] April 30. Got up at 4:30 & went to my traps, caught a large, dark Geomys, nothing else. Left Chadron at 6:30 A.M. A range of hills with rocky, pine covered summits ran a few miles south of Chadron & in a N.W. direction. The R.R. follows allong the N. side of them until they curve more to the N. & we pass through a gap at Ft. Robinson. From there they extend away to the north. Seems to be a barrier reef of the Black Hills. They are of a limey sandstone, are covered with Pinus p. scopulorum. The White River is a small creek at Chadron & we follow its valley to Crawford. The valley is grassy & fertile & there are lots of good farms. Cross the B.&M. R.R. at Crawford. Pocket Gopher hills were numerous on the sandy land passed over yesterday, but are rather scarce on the clay soil of todays route. Andrews - leave the hills & enter rolling prairie, grassy & some farms. Van Tassell - a little creek, grassy valleys & bare rocks on ridges. Just before reaching Lusk Artemsia cana & A. frigida become common. The soil is dryer & more barren. Some Mines near Lusk & red paint beds.
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