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car and we had a brief talk. Left Denver Denver, Colorado for Los Angeles Los Angeles, California at 7:05 p.m., got dinner in diner. Went to bed early. Reached Cheyenne Cheyenne, Wyoming at 10:40.

Cheyenne, Wyo. Cheyenne, Wyoming, Thursday June 10, 1909 June 10, 1909

Still at Cheyenne, held up on account of floods. Cold and partly cloudy. Cheyenne Cheyenne, Wyoming paper reports 64 as maximum temperature, 45 minimum. Clear part of day. Left Cheyenne Cheyenne, Wyoming at 2 p.m., crossed Trias and Carboniferous at 2:45 and entered granite. Formations very irregular in strike and dip but mostly strike E-W and dip possibly northerly. Passed through long tunnel at 3:30 and 7 minutes later cut red sandstones again. On Laramie plains at 3:45, broad and flat, stratified rocks (Carboniferous?) to north, plain