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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYT_the-overland-experience_Gering-NE.html
To your left, vast flatlands extend eastward - for hundreds of miles. In the mid-1800's this expansive, semi-arid grassland was known as "The Great American Desert." For early travelers it was an unfamiliar, often inhospitable landscape.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYO_traces-of-the-trail_Gering-NE.html
Out on the prairie, wagons following the Oregon Trail spread out to avoid the dust stirred up by wagons in front. But here at Mitchell Pass the emigrants encountered a difficult bottleneck where wagons had to squeeze through narrow ravines in sing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYM_the-bullwackers_Gering-NE.html
After the great migrations of settlers and goldseekers passed here in the 1840's and 50's, the Oregon Trail remained an important communications and supply route. Wagon trains hauled provisions to Ft. Laramie and other army posts west of here. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXB_oregon-trail_Gering-NE.html
Scotts Bluff, the dramatic series of clay and sandstone highlands surrounding you, is known chiefly as a landmark on the old Oregon Trail. Emigrants heading west encountered the bluffs after a six to eight-week trek across the monotonously flat gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWY_scotts-bluff_Gering-NE.html
The sight of Scotts Bluff thrilled emigrants journeying west on the Oregon Trail. After weeks of plodding across the wild and expansive plains, they were confronted by this massive promontory rising some 800 feet above the valley floor. The clay a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MKW_scott-memorial_Gering-NE.html
Hiram Scott, employee of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, died in the vicinity of this bluff in 1828. After being deserted by his companions near the junction of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers.U. S. Department of the Interior National…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHV_oregon-trail_Gering-NE.html
Marked bythe State ofNebraska1912Trail passed37 feet northof this Point.MitchellPass
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I84_scotts-bluff-pony-express-station_Gering-NE.html
The Pony Express passed here 1860-1861. Scott's Bluff station was located 2 1/2 miles northwest of Mitchell pass, near the site of the later Fort Mitchell. There were others stations at Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, Ficklin's Springs, and Horse C…
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- Site of -
Ficklin Springs Pony Express
Station and Old Coad Ranch
North 20º East 450 feet
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HP1_oregon-trail-memorial_Gering-NE.html
Honoring these and all the thousands who lie in nameless graves along the trail. Faith and courage such as theirs made America. May ours preserve it.