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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEY_robidoux-trading-post-historical_Gering-NE.html
There is no enduring memory of the history that happened here. There was no one left behind to remember it.
From faded pages of tattered diaries or survivors several generations removed, we assign the early dwellers here to their proper place i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEX_robedeau-trading-post-historical_Gering-NE.html
Site of Roubedeaux blacksmith shop and trading post on original Oregon Trail.
Father DeSmet rested here in 1840 and again in 1851 when he baptized Roubedeaux's half-breed children.
Stansbury, government explorer visited here in 1849 and 1852.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCL_robidoux-trading-post-historical_Gering-NE.html
In 1849 Joseph Rogidoux III of St. Joseph, Missouri, licensed in the Indian trade, ordered removal of his outfit from the vicinity of Fort Laramie to this strategic pass over Scotts Bluff, where there was ample wood and water. Evidence from severa…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZF_the-river-route_Gering-NE.html
In the 1840's and 50's, thousands of pioneers followed the shallow Platte and North Platte Rivers across the plains on their way to Oregon and California. Covered wagons passed Scotts Bluff on both sides of the river.Emigrants could not lead their…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZC_the-way-west_Gering-NE.html
Only a few of the pioneers who reached Scotts Bluff scaled the cliffs to witness this aerial view of the country ahead. The wagons had to keep rolling to reach Oregon or California before cold weather set in.Ft. Mitchell, the next stop on the trai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZ2_pony-express_Gering-NE.html
Go back in time to 1860 or 1861 and picture the traffic on the Oregon Trail - the freight wagons and stagecoaches, and the emigrants, soldiers, and Indians. But most colorful, perhaps, was the Pony Express rider streaking through Scotts Bluff.Mark…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYZ_scotts-bluff_Gering-NE.html
You are standing on the northern section of Scotts Bluff, looking across to the southern section. On the horizon the Wildcat Hills stretch far to the east (left). Below, the route of the Oregon Trail cuts through Mitchell Pass. A few traces of the…