322 GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE KOCKY MOUNTAINS. 



FROM JAMESTOWN TO LIVINGSTON. 

 ITINERARY. 



HY AKNOI.D HAGCK. 



Station. 



Jamestown 



Eldridge 



Cleveland 



Crystal Springs. 



Dawson 



Steele 



Sterling 



Uismarck 



Mandan 



Sweet Briar 



Sims 



Kurtz 



Gladstono 



Dickinson 



Belfnld 



Sully Springs... 



Distance. 



Elevation. 



Miles. 



Kilo- 

 meters. 



Feet 



1,395 



Meters. 











425 



7 



U 



1,541 



* 470 j 



20 



47 



1,794 



547 1 



37 



60 



1,792 



546 



50 



80 



1,748 



533 



58 



93 



1,859 



567 



1 1 



124 



1,867 



569 j 



101 



161 



1,670 



510 



106 



172 



1,646 



502 ! | 



122 



196 



1,806 



551 



142 



229 



1,962 



598 



150 



256 



2,025 



617 



205 



330 



2,348 



716 



216 



358 2,405 



7:i.'{ 



236 



380 2.579 



780 



247 



397 2,576 



785 



Station. 



Little Missouri . 

 Sentinel Butte.. 



Allard 



(ilendive 



Hoyt 



Terry.. 



Ainslie 



Miles City 



Forsyihe 



Eoward 



Custer 



Billings 



Park City 



Big Timber 



Springdale 



Livingston .... 



Distance. 



Miles. 



Kilo- 

 meters. 



256 

 272 

 312 

 322 

 337 

 361 

 381 

 400 

 446 

 166 

 491 

 547 

 570 

 628 

 643 

 668 



■112 

 438 

 502 

 518 

 542 

 581 

 613 

 644 

 718 



Elevation. 



Feet Meters. 



'2, 707 

 2, 246 

 2,069 



825 

 685 

 631 



2, 242 



a, 27 1 



2, 355 

 2,514 



795 

 880 



2, 727 



3, U7 



083 

 693 



718 

 766 



831 

 950 



1,011 

 1,067 



4,072 1,241 

 4,487 j 1,368 



Jamestown is an attractive settlement and the center of an important 

 wheat region, situated on the James River, a stream which running 

 southward empties into the Missouri. Prom Jamestown west to Bis- 

 marck, the road for 100 miles (101 kni.1 passes over an undulating, 

 grassy country, in every way characteristic of the Great Plains of the 

 north. Leaving Jamestown the road gradually ascends, 450 feet (137 

 m.) in 20 miles (32 km.), to Cleveland. This is followed by gently roll- 

 ing country for 50 miles (80 km.) to Sterling, from which point there is 

 a gradual descent of 200 feet (00 m.) to the Missouri River. The glacial 

 drift which everywhere covers the country east of the James Valley, 

 gradually thins out to the west and south, and is lost as a continuous 

 sheet before reaching the Missouri River. Drift in the form of small 

 boulders may be easily recognized along the route, and is well shown 

 near Crystal Springs. All the way from Jamestown to Bismarck the 

 underlying rocks, as far as yet recognized, belong to the Laramie series, 

 the beds becoming more and more marked as the Missouri is approached. 



Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, lies on the bluffs of the 

 Missouri, which afford commanding views both up and down the broad 

 valley. 



