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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

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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