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Pawnee Buttes, the western end of the, Great Plains
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Uploaded: 04/02/05 3:19 PM GMT
Pawnee Buttes, the western end of the, Great Plains
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Many people living outside of Colorado think that the state is nothing but the Rocky Mountains. Nothing could be further from the truth, The eastern half of the state is the end of the Great Plains. Over a thousand miles of flat lands that cover the central part of the United States,. Imagine, if you will, Covered wagons making a trip across this desolate land in the early 1850's. From journals kept by travelers the going was at times very slow. Entries into their journals tell of days that traveling was so slow that at the end of the day they could still see smoke from their breakfast fires. Pawnee Buttes is a landmark that signals the western end of the Great Plains . It can bee seen as far away as 100 miles. After three or four months on the trail I can only imagine their joy when the Pawnee Buttes came into sight.
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::bayoubooger
04/02/05 4:01 PM GMT
g'day bob, for a person like myself who's never been west, i lose all perspective on a shot like this, my mind tells me you're further away from those hills than i think you are and they're a lot taller than i think they are, are you on an elevation taking this shot and how far is it too the buttes and approx how tall are they? thanks for the shot by the way...
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Excellent image Bob. I love your explanation which leads me further in to the image. My guess is that this may have been ocean at one time or scoured by glaciers. Looks to be a few ranches in the area and some roads that bisect it. So is this the south-east veiw?
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Darryl
There you are. Sorry to be so late commenting. I have been having puter problems, think I got it fixed now. This is just wonderful as usual. Keeps me drooling for adventure again.
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great picture and I love the background story, thanks-Ron
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Yet so the universe was wrought .
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Thanks for sharing the background on this. Beautiful photo, too.
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Well if the photo hadn’t got me in the introduction would have. Were you standing on another one of these Buttes? I’m a little lost with scale of these things, how high are they? By the way it’s a cracker of a shot.
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Ruth Ross
i love your description... thanks for the history :) a fantastic shot, as always, and I hope to see more like it :)
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This is in answer to bayoubooger and trisbet and to anyone else that looks at my Pawnee Buttes image and is puzled by the size or lack of perspective.
Do not be lost or confused by the scale of this image. I have done this on purpose to give you the feeling that the pioneers must have had when they looked across this vast plain with no idea of what was going to happen to them or how long it would take to make this journey into the unknown. If all you can feel is lost then I have made my point. I will now tell you that the buttes are both 250 feet high (75 meters). I am standing on a higher piece of ground of about the same height. The distance from my position to the first butte is approximately one and a half miles (2415 meters). Thank you for asking the question about My Pawnee Buttes image.
Do not be lost or confused by the scale of this image. I have done this on purpose to give you the feeling that the pioneers must have had when they looked across this vast plain with no idea of what was going to happen to them or how long it would take to make this journey into the unknown. If all you can feel is lost then I have made my point. I will now tell you that the buttes are both 250 feet high (75 meters). I am standing on a higher piece of ground of about the same height. The distance from my position to the first butte is approximately one and a half miles (2415 meters). Thank you for asking the question about My Pawnee Buttes image.
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Thank you for the explanation of scale. It really makes me realise how courageous or desperate the pioneers were.
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Ruth Ross
Thank you for the detailed description here, Robert...I am one who never would have guessed that parts of Colorado could look like this...also for the adventure and trip through history you have given us...more than an image, this is an experience.:Pat.
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Beautiful picture... and your description is interesting. Good shot!
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What an awesome picture. Because you didnt crop the sky out, it makes the land seem so open and fresh. Lovely!
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I love the story and how crisp and clear this shot turned out. Nice work.
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Beautiful, just amazing topography. I live in Denver and have never seen or heard of these, what a shame. Thanks for including the background information! Adding to favs.
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Bob.. i can only muster one word for this beautiful photograph.. wow.. the perseption of depth is incredible.. very very nice..
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Nicely balanced in perspective to capture the immense feeling of the Plains. Will never forget driving west on I-70 to my first AF assignment at Lowry. The sense of immense space and finally the first glimpse of mountains to the west...that thrill will stay with me always!
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Beautiful sky! Im always on the lookout for pics like this:D its just stunning the clarity is marvelous! I love how it goes from a rich deep blue to almost white! Great pic!
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What a great shot: a view that seems to go on forever. Just what this claustrophobic cube dweller needed for his desktop.
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Bob
Great picture. I live about ten miles from your pic and there is a pot full of history there. About 1865 a fella named Jerome Magahn came out here from Iowa, he was born in Ohio in 1848. He was a game hunter for the U.P. railroad. There was plenty of game in the pawnee area and thousands of wild horses. Jerome set up house about five miles west of the Buttes, was probaly a hole in the ground with some bords over top and cover with dirt. Ther is a natural corral about a quarter mile south east of the east butte that Jerome would catch wild horses in. He done this buy himself because he was the only white guy in the area for about seven or so years. He would find a band of wild horses than stake out a coupel of his horses and start to move the wild bunch and keep them from water and not let them rest for several days. he would move them to his staked out horses and change to a fresh horse and keep them moving. At first he could get no more than half a mile from them, after six or seven days he could move them where he wanted. Jerome would break them well enough to sell them to the government at Ft. D.A. Russel at Cheyenne or to farmers in Nebraska. After settlers moved in to the area he was nown as Wild Horse Jerry. He moved about ten miles south and was murdered July 29 1910 buy a troubeled neiabor. He caught about 6000 head in a thirty period.
Great picture. I live about ten miles from your pic and there is a pot full of history there. About 1865 a fella named Jerome Magahn came out here from Iowa, he was born in Ohio in 1848. He was a game hunter for the U.P. railroad. There was plenty of game in the pawnee area and thousands of wild horses. Jerome set up house about five miles west of the Buttes, was probaly a hole in the ground with some bords over top and cover with dirt. Ther is a natural corral about a quarter mile south east of the east butte that Jerome would catch wild horses in. He done this buy himself because he was the only white guy in the area for about seven or so years. He would find a band of wild horses than stake out a coupel of his horses and start to move the wild bunch and keep them from water and not let them rest for several days. he would move them to his staked out horses and change to a fresh horse and keep them moving. At first he could get no more than half a mile from them, after six or seven days he could move them where he wanted. Jerome would break them well enough to sell them to the government at Ft. D.A. Russel at Cheyenne or to farmers in Nebraska. After settlers moved in to the area he was nown as Wild Horse Jerry. He moved about ten miles south and was murdered July 29 1910 buy a troubeled neiabor. He caught about 6000 head in a thirty period.
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