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Show 88 NATIONAL •WAGON ROAD GUIDE. Good camping. SMALL CREEK....... . ............•.............. 6~ ANOTHER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ~ CROOICED CREEK................................. ~ CAMP CREEICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Here are t\vo creeks, only a few rods apart; water and grass good. WOLF CREEK.· .................................... 5 ~ A little beyond this is a steep sand bluff. Poor camping. w AT CI-I CREEIC .............. ,• ............ I • • • • • • • • 4 Road now runs near the river. · LONE TREE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lone tree stands about sixty rods south of the road. CASTLE CREEl{ ................................... 5~ Quicksand bottom; good camping. SAND HILL CREEl{. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 You cannot depend upon any more water for about eighteen miles. If the winter and spring have been rainy, some of the small channels you cross may have a little water in them. CRAB CREEl{. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...•... 18X Fair camping. One mile from this is CRAB LAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... : . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A very good place to camp. You now pass over a number of sharp steep hills, to • RIVER AGAIN ............... . .............. . .... : 7~ Good camping; and now a sandy road for many miles. BLUFF R DINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ~ These lie north of the road, and are easily: fancied to resem blc the ruins of ancient castles. RIVER AGAIN ..................................... 10~ Good camping. On the south side of the river nearly opposite this, can be seen Court House Rock or Solitary Tower. For description, see page 42. Road now runs near the river . • NATIONAL WAGON ROAD GUIDE. 89 OPPOSITE CHIMNEY ROCK ................... . .. 22 This singular rock is on the south side of the river. See page 43. OPPOSJTE SCOTT'S BLUFFS ....... . .............. 187.( These are also on the south side of the Platte, and pre-sent a magnificent appearance. See page 46. SPRING CREEK .................................... 4 Good water; good camping. Some trout in this stream. Once more NEAR THE RIVER ..................... , ... · · · . · · · .12 Good camping. The mountain seen to the west, is Laramie Peak; the 'highest among the Black Hills. COTTONWOOD TIMBER .......•.............. · · · .12~ Road sandy and heavy. RAW HIDE CREEK .............•.......... · · · · · · · · 5~ Sometimes nearly dry. TO PLATTE RIVER. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · 12 This is near the confluence of the Laramie and ~latte rivers. Here you cross the Platte to FORT LARAMIE .......................... · · . · · · · · · 1 Whole distance from Council Bluffs to Fort Laramie, 520 miles. From Fort Laramie there are two roads leading westwardly ; but the right hand road is the best, as it follows along the bank, or in the vicinity of the North Platte, and generally with water and grass abundant, and is the one we take. The other road leads through the rougher portion of the Blar.k Hills. These hills are so named because in many places their summits and sides are blackened by a thick growth of dark. evergreens. From Fort Laramie to SULPHUR SPRINGS... . .......................... 15 |