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Jail Rock from the west (1897) [2] Courthouse and Jail Rocks are two rock formations located near Bridgeport in the Nebraska Panhandle. The Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express Trail and the Sidney-Deadwood Trail all ran near the rocks. The pair of rock formations served as a landmark along the trails for many pioneers ...
Chimney Rock was designated a National Historic Site on August 9, 1956, [2] and is a National Park Service affiliated area, maintained and administered by History Nebraska with NPS technical support. Chimney Rock and Independence Rock further west in Wyoming are two of the prominent features along the Oregon Trail.
Country Club Historic District (Omaha, Nebraska) Courthouse and Jail Rocks; Cutler's Park; Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House; Drake Court Apartments and the Dartmore Apartments Historic District; Dundee–Happy Hollow Historic District; Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Ellsworth, Nebraska; Fairmont State Airfield; Field Club (Omaha, Nebraska) Florence ...
Courthouse and Jail Rocks: Bridgeport: Courthouse Rock is a sandstone outcropping south of the Oregon Trail. A smaller feature to the east is called the Jail Rock. Chimney Rock National Historic Site: Bayard: A clay and sandstone column resembling a tall factory chimney that is over 300 feet (91 m) today. Rebecca Winters' Gravesite: Scottsbluff
January 10, 1990 (Marshall St. between Fir and Elm Sts. Arthur: Spartan wood-frame county courthouse (1914) and jail (1915), the first government buildings erected in the newly formed Arthur County.
Notable landmarks in Nebraska include Courthouse and Jail Rocks, Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff, and Ash Hollow State Historical Park. [8] Today much of the Oregon Trail follows roughly along Interstate 80 from Wyoming to Grand Island, Nebraska.
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The trail went north from Sidney past Courthouse and Jail Rocks to present-day Bridgeport, Nebraska where it crossed the North Platte River via the Clarke Bridge to present-day Northport, Nebraska, Red Willow, Running Water (on the Niobrara River), Red Cloud Agency, and eventually on two separate branches; one to Deadwood and one via Four Mile ...