NRHP: Robidoux Pass
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Robidoux Pass
NRHP Reference #: 66000450
NRHP Listing Date: 19661015
Location
9 mi W of Gering, Gering Vicinity, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
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Summary
This narrow pass through the Wildcat Hills south of the North Platte valley, near the present-day town of Gering, witnessed the passing of thousands of emigrants traveling the Oregon-California Trail between 1843 and 1851. Robidoux Pass provided travelers with their first glimpse of the Rocky Mountains and offered a good supply of fuel and spring water. The earliest travelers using the pass were probably fur traders in the 1820s and 1830s. East of the pass lies the site of a trading post established about 1847 by a Missourian named Joseph Robidoux. Robidoux sold a variety of goods and provided blacksmithing services. Following the opening of Mitchell Pass in 1851, Robidoux Pass and the trading post fell into disuse.
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