NRHP: Scotts Bluff National Monument
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Scotts Bluff National Monument
NRHP Reference #: 66000117
NRHP Listing Date: 19661015
Location
3 mi W of Gering on NE 92, Gering vicinity, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
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Summary
Named for Hiram Scott, a fur trapper who died in the vicinity in 1828, this prominent geological feature was a major landmark to travelers in the North Platte valley. Fur trappers following the Platte passed through the area as early as 1812-13. During the 1840s and 1850s emigrants along the Oregon-California trails moved up the North Platte valley by the thousands. A variety of Pony Express, stage and freighting stations, and military posts were established in the area during the mid-nineteenth century. The Scotts Bluff vicinity has also yielded evidence of prehistoric Indian occupation.
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