Timber was noticeably absent on the Platte-Sweetwater route. Just how effective as fuel were the buffalo chips most emigrants used as a substitute?
It took two or three bushels of chips to heat a meal because chips burned so rapidly. [Merrill Mattes, The Great Platte River Road, p. 57.] ^ Top Emigrants traveling the south side of the Platte River through central Nebraska had to ford to the South Platte somewhere beyond the forks of the Platte. In terms of present towns, where did they cross? There were three crossings, or fords, of the South Platte during the years of heaviest travel. The Lower Crossing was located a few miles west of the city of North Platte, across the river from the town of Hershey, Nebraska. The Middle Crossing was a few miles east of Ogallala, and the Upper Crossing was a few miles west of Brule, Nebraska. [Merrill Mattes, The Great Platte River Road, p.
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