THE SANTA FE ROUTE. 11 
of Eudora, is capped by an outlying mass of this limestone, me other 
peaks and hills farther southwest present the same feature 
The thick Oread limestone and the great mass of soft oe below 
it form one of the most prominent of the long “‘steps” crossing the 
plateaus of eastern Kansas. The formation passes under 90 feet of 
Kanwaka shale to the west, and it dips beneath the valley of Kansas 
River near Lecompton. 
At the east edge of Lawrence the Santa Fe line is crossed by a 
branch of the Union Pacific system coming from the north side of 
Kansas River. 
The State University of Kansas is in the southwestern part of 
Lawrence. The group of university buildings on the ridge known 
as Mount Oread? is about a mile southwest of the 
Lawrence. railway station and can be reached by trolley cars. 
Elevation 822 fee The university enrollment is about 1,200 students, 
Popaion rt mostly residents of Kansas, to whom tuition is free. 
Connected with the university is the State Geologi- 
cal Survey, which has published many reports on the geology and 
mineral resources of Kansas. 
Haskell Institute, a Government school for young Indians, estab- 
lished in 1884, is situated in the southern part of Lawrence. Most 
of these Indians come from the several reservations near by. The 
number of students is 800. 
1 The succession of rocks near Eudora | € pread | limest id but vary 
and Lawrence is shown in figure 2, below. tint lace to pl 
The Iatan limestone (formerly called the 2 This ridge was named by the first 
Kickapoo) is 10 feet thick at the base of | party of settlers in honor of Mount Oread 
Lecompton limestone.. 
Kanwaka shale........ 
Buff Is.,cherty 20 
Oread Shale” ma 
Shale limestone 4 ee 
I i 4 if I See: 
Figure 2.—Section of rocks exposed near Eudora and Lawrence, Kans. 
Blue Mound, and in this vicinity the Law- | Seminary, at Worcester, Mass., which was 
rence shales contain a thin bed of coal | founded and owned by Eli Thayer, the 
that was formerly worked near Lawrence. | organizer of the New England Emigrant 
™., 7 a fe Ne ee | Sod ale the Aid Socie’ ety. 
