The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . I Tusks of Mammoth excavated in Gosper County, and now in the Museumof Jhe University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The Cretaceous deposits in Nebraska are of vast extent and import-ance. For convenience the strata have been classified into the followinggroups: The Dakota, extending from near Dakota City, where many out-croppings are to be found, in a south-westerly direction, underlying practi-cally every part of the state; the Fort Benton Groicp, lying conformably onthe Dakota Group in the eastern part of the state; the Niobrara Gro
The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . I Tusks of Mammoth excavated in Gosper County, and now in the Museumof Jhe University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The Cretaceous deposits in Nebraska are of vast extent and import-ance. For convenience the strata have been classified into the followinggroups: The Dakota, extending from near Dakota City, where many out-croppings are to be found, in a south-westerly direction, underlying practi-cally every part of the state; the Fort Benton Groicp, lying conformably onthe Dakota Group in the eastern part of the state; the Niobrara Group, ex-tending from the mouth of the Niobrara River, dipping under the centralportion of the state and reappearing again in the southwest in Harlancounty; the Fort Pierre Group lying above the Niobrara deposits, croppingout in Knox county and other places; the Laramie Group, exposed insouthwestern counties. These beds comprise various clays, chalks and sandstones, and are rich PHYSICAL FEATURES 23 in finds of fossil leaves and remains of animal life. Thus sever
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