30 - Sunday, June 14, 1987 - North Shore News

NEBRASKA TRAVELS
ius Oregon Trail still exists

From page 29

seams), lightning often ignites cer-
tain areas which burn for years,
something like a partly under-
ground bed of embers. When the
fire goes out, the firebed cools and
turns a brilliant red-orange. The
cliffs flame with these souvenirs of
past burns.

In some places there is little
vegetation, but in others the varie-
ty is astounding. Wherever there
are plants, there are animals —
deer, elk, antelope, buffalo (ze-
introduced from game reserves),
prairie dogs, lynx, gophers and
hundreds of others. The ones I’ve
listed are the ones | SAW — all in
the matter of an hour’s drive

through Teddy Roosevelt National
Park.

If you’re travelling with children
they'll learn more in an hour than
in a visit to a dozen lousy zoos.

I didn’t see one piece of black
rock in the Black Hills. The Black
Hills aren't even black. They’re
dark green. They are dark green
because they are covered with dark
green evergreen trees. So much for
the idea of the ‘‘back side of the
moon’’. Instead of desert, the
Black Hills are a lush forest.

So, after exploding a couple of
myths about the geography, here
are a few more reasons why
children, especially, are delighted
with this part of the world: Buf-
falo Bill, Annie Oakley, Wild Bill
Hickok, Calamity Jane, Sitting
Bull, Custer, Crazy Horse and a
huge cast of characters from the
“Wild West’’.

We tend to think of Texas when

we think of the locale for horse
operas but the truth is that most of
the real thing occurred in the
midwest states, and a great deal of
it in the Dakotas and Nebraska.

The nice part is that here they
haven't made a ludicrous side-
show out of history. Even better,
there are places where you can go
out on your own and possibly —
even probably, — make your own
discoveries.

For example, in Nebraska the
famous Oregon Trail is visible all
along the highway. The ruts were
carved so deeply into the soil that
the scar remains. Since there were
hundreds of thousands of people
who came west on the trail, the en-
tire length of it is a historical
“garbage dump’’.

As you stroll along you’re apt to
find horseshoes, nails, harness fit-
tings, buttons and virtually any
other piece of equipment that the

years haven't destroyed. If you
should happen to own a metal
detector, you’re well on your way
to starting your own museum.

For the next few columns I'l! tell
you about some of the places in
these three states that caught my
imagination — and a few that
didn't!

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