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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N05_chimney-rock-cemetery_Bayard-NE.html
During the Westwardmigration through this pass many diedas they looked for a better life.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N04_mary-murray-murdoch_Bayard-NE.html
MemberMormon Martin Handcart CompanyMary Murray Murdoch"Wee Granny"Born Scotland Oct. 13, 1782Died near Chimney Rock, Neb. Oct. 2, 1856 "Tell John I died with my face toward Zion."Dedicated by the Murdoch FamilyJune 24, 1001< B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N03_school-district-55_Oshkosh-NE.html
Residents of the district built this stone schoolhouse in the summer of 1903.Rock quarried from the nearby hillsides was hauled in and laid in lime and sand mortar. A nearby rancher donated the quarried lintels above the doors and windows.This bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZZ_trading-post_Oshkosh-NE.html
In 1854, the Federal Government hired contractors to carry the mail over the old trail to Salt Lake City and onto California. They built a mail station at Ash Hollow. Most of these mail stations became trading posts, carrying a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZW_the-oregon-trail_Oshkosh-NE.html
Travelers reached this point over the trail you see stretching out across the prairie to the southeast. They left the last real settlement at Westport Landing or at Independence, some 600 miles from here. Most of them took about 40 days t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZV_descent-of-windlass-hill_Oshkosh-NE.html
Here, covered-wagon travelers faced the mostdifficult terrain since their departure fromMissouri. One man said: "I cannot say at what angle wedescend, but it is so great thatsome go so far as to say 'theroad hangs a little past theperpendicu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZT_wagon-ruts_Oshkosh-NE.html
This ravine started as a set of wagon ruts cut through the grass and soil by heavy iron-shod wheels. It is but one example of the long interaction between man and the environment in this region. This walk to the top of the hill h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZQ_saddle-rock-trail_Gering-NE.html
The trail on your right gradually descends the steep slopes of Scotts Bluff to Scotts Spring and the Visitor Center. Eroding layers of sandstone, siltstone, and volcanic ash are exposed along the way, and you'll see some intriguing geologic featur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZI_eroding-landmark_Gering-NE.html
You are now standing on the summit of Scotts Bluff, but each year a little more of it erodes away. In 1933 the top of the metal survey post in front of you was level with the rock surface. In just a few decades, a considerable volume of sandstone …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZG_remnant-highlands_Gering-NE.html
The bluff you are standing on and the ones adjacent to it are known collectively as Scotts Bluff. Like the famous Chimney Rock to the east, Scotts Bluff is an outlier formation of the Wildcat Hills, visible along the horizon to your right.Twenty m…