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further to

Keg ber t— anoth-
er unimportant side-
track.

Near this point we
leave Lodge Pole
Creek. From this point
to the source of the
stream in the Black
Hills, about 40 miles
away, the valley pre-
sents the same general
appearance until it
reaches the base of
the mountains. Bears,
deer and wolves
abound in the country
around the source of
the stream, and herds
of antelope are scatter
ed over the valley. At
one time beavers were
plenty in the creek, and
afew of these interest
ing animals are still to
be found in the lower waters of the stream,
near to its junction with the Platte. This
valley was once a favorite hunting-ground
of the Sioux and Cheyennes, who long re-
sisted the attempts to remove them to the
reservation to the northward.

Passing on up a dry ravine 6 3-10 miles,
we come to

Burns—another small side-track—and
nothing else—which is 5 7-10 miles from

Hillsdale—When the road was being
constructed from this place to Cheyenne, a
large amount of freight was re-shipped
from here on wagons. Then, it was a busy
place, now, only a water-tank and side-
track. The station was named after a Mr.
Hill, one of the engineering party who was
killed near this place by the Indians while
he was engaged in locating the present
site of the road.

About 50 miles to the south is “Fre-
mont’s Orchard,’ on the South Platte
River, about 60 miles below Denver City,
Colorado, and in that State. It was
named after Col. Kremont, who discovered
thepoint in his exploring expedition. It
consists of a large grove of cottonwood
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MONUMENT ROCK, BLACK HILLS, U.P.R.R.

The river here makes an abrupt bend to
the north, then another to the south, cut-
ting its way through a high range of sand-
hills—the third range from the Missouri
River. Where the river forces its way
through the bluffs, they are very high and
abrupt on the south side. The two bends
leave a long promontory of sand hills, the
end of which is washed by the waters. At
a distance, this grove of cottonwoods on
the bottom land reminds one of an old
orchard, such as is often seen in the East-
ern States.

Near Fremont’s Orchard is located the

Green Colony, at Green City, which num-
bers about 200.
_ Passing on from Hillsdale up a ravine,
which gradually becomes narrower as we
ascend, with bluffs on either hand, 6 2-10
miles, we come to

Atkimns—a side-track. Passing on, our
train gradually rises on to the table-land,
and then, if the day be a fair one, the tray-
eler can catch the first glimpse of the Rocky
Mountains, directly ahead. On the right
he can catch glimpses of the Black Hills
of Wyoming, stretching their cold, dark
ruggedness far away to the right, as far as