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[[underlined]] April 28 [[/underlined]] Minneapolis 6 PM [[underlined]] April 29 [[/underlined]] Minneapolis, 9 AM Mankato 12:40 Windom [[underlined]] Sioux City [[/underlined]] 6:20 PM leaves & grass well grown Cottonwood trees all dying in the planted groves on prairie between Mankato & Sioux City. Omaha 10.30 Left Omaha at 11:55 on B & M RR [[underlined]] April 30. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] McCook [[/underlined]] 7 AM (Nebr.) Plumus and Ribes aureum in flower, grass wild grown, clover 6in. high, boxelder & symphorocarpos green. [[left margin, vertically]] Mountains time [[/left margin]] Yucca angustifolia & Opuntia abundant Sunflowers & sod houses characteristic [[end page]] [[start page]] Rolling prairie with river hills, cut banks & river flats. Sand "blowouts" in places. Lots of stock, some fields. Geomys hills numerous S. [[Izlincatus?]] 1 Lepus campestris 1 " [[Ditto for: Lepus]] baileyi 1 [[underlined]] Benkleman [[/underlined]] 8:15 (Nebr.) Sagebrush ridges Artemisia tridentata? Patches of badlands - Salt grass & alkalie Dog town 8:30 [[underlined]] Wray [[/underlined]], Colo. 9:10 Ft. Morgan 11:10 Denver 1:30 Denver, left on D&R 9, narrow gague - 9:45 PM
Transcription Notes:
Plumus = Vernon might mean Plumas?
Species names checked. Kept Vernon's spelling, anything I'm unsure of is in [[?]] -@siobhanleachman