University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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LATE AFTERNOON REFLECTIONS, WITH CEDARS AMONG THE THICKETS BY THE PLATTE RIVER i w.- ' .M! ' -. ' t. - ' ■r- S» W---- ■ .. ' C - 1 ? .v v ' V IS • tT r ' • • lbft£ ' ' ' i ■

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j»»:- --.-? GOLDEN COTTONWOODS ALONG THE PLATTE NEBRASKA ' S RIVER — THE PLATTE THOUGH now known to us by a French name, the Platte, the river and Its surrounding country were formerly called by an Indian name that has given us our state ' s name. This original Indian word for the Nebraska river may be translated freely as Shallow water spreading over a wide plain , — slow-moving muddy water that flows through the heart of the state in a broad channel, bordered by wide-spread fertile lands of a rich agricultural country. It is a remarkable fact, too, that Nebraska has more river mileage than any other state and that there are many water power plants in the state, in spite of our being classed as an inland, prairie country, devoted mainly to farming. A SUNLIT PATH AMONG GNARLED OAKS, DOWN TO THE RIVER

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COTTONWOOD GROVE-A GREAT CATHEDRAL IN MEMORY OF THE PIONEER NEBRASKA TREE-PLANTERS