Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 392
overtook them. They had looked forward with curiosity to Chim-ney Rock, a singular pillar of stone, standing like around chimney on a cone-shaped mass of rock, onthe south bank of the Platte. This natural land-mark, several hundred feet high, is seen long be-fore it can be reached by the emigrants… … They had long ago heard of this wonderful rock ;its strange shape, apparently sculptured by somegiant architect, towered before their eyes at last. I reckon that there rock must have been pushedup by a volcano, said a tall stranger, joining theboys, as they were wondering at Chimney Rock,after…
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