CONTENTS. 



PART FIRST PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Chapter. 1'ajrr. 



I. Topography and General Character of Nebraska ... 3 

 II. Climatology of Nebraska . . . . . . . .17 



III. Moisture and Rainfall 34 



IV. Evidences of Increasing Rainfall Sources of Rainfall . . 41 

 V. Waters of Nebraska ......... 52 



VI. Drainage of Nebraska, and Character of its Water . 



VII. General Flora of Nebraska 



VIII. Forest Trees and Shrubs of Nebraska, with Notes on their Dis- 

 tribution 84 



IX. The Wild Fruits of Nebraska . 97 



X. Wild Grasses 108 



XI. Fauna of Nebraska Vertebrates 117 



XII. Insect Life . . . 131 



XIII. The Locusts Mollusks 130 



XIV. Healthfulness. Reserve Forces and Probable Future of the Race 



in Nebraska . M5 



PART SECOND GEOLOGY. 



Chapter. I'ajre. 



I. Carboniferous Age in Nebraska ....... l(jl 



II. Mediaeval or Me^ozoic Times in Nebraska 173 



III. Mediaeval or Mesozoic Times in Nebraska, Continued . . 107 



IV. The Cenozoic Age in Nebraska. Eocene Tertiary Epoch . . 209 

 V. The Tertiary Period, Continued Miocene Epoch . . .221 



VI. Tertiary Period, Continued Pliocene Epoch .... 232 

 VII. Quaternary Age Glacial Period to the Loess Superficial De- 

 posits . 252 



VIII. The Quaternary Age and Su erficial Deposits, Continued Loess 



Period . 2(55 



IX. Quaternary Age and Superficial Deposits, Continued. Terrace 

 Epoch. Alluvium. Sand Hills. Alkali Lands. Timber, 

 and Cause of Change of Climate . . ... 



X. Economic Geology 



Appendix . . . . . . . . . .3.9 



