Page:Field Notes of Junius Henderson, Notebook 1.djvu/95

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trains for Boulder Boulder, Colorado and Eaton Eaton, Colorado to see the Fourth of July celebration. Now 8:30 a.m. and Markman is just dressing while Harry is still in bed. We had the cots again which we left in Greeley Greeley, Colorado on our way north two weeks ago. Packed for shipment some of the outfit which we will not need again and left Greeley Greeley, Colorado at noon, passing through Evans Evans, Colorado, then crossing Platte Platte, Colorado to east side, recrossing to west side about 7 miles from Evans Evans, Colorado at the Twin Bridge Twin Bridge. We camped at 4:30 on Big Thompson Big Thompson Creek (S. side), two or three miles below mouth of Little Thompson Little Thompson Creek. While Dodds and Markman made a dry camp in a pasture, getting water from an nearby farm house, Harry and I started to examine the bluffs north of the creek, wading across. The formation is typical Fox Hills sandstone. Found Cardium speciosum Cardium speciosum, shark shark tooth and other fossil mollusks mollusks at base of exposure. Near the top I found fossil leaves which I at first took for Laramie species