(Gering NE) Scotts Bluff National Monument lies along the North Platte River, and rises 500ft above the surrounding landscape. It was an important waypoint for natives, trappers, supply wagons, the Pony Express, and emigrants moving west. The bluff could be seen across the prairie for days before reaching it. Emigrants using the Oregon, California, and […]
(Crawford NE) Fort Robinson was probably best known for the place where Crazy Horse, the great Oglala Sioux war-chief, chose to surrender himself and his 900 warriors. Unfortunately, it was also where he was killed during a scuffle when he was being jailed months later. During 74 years, it served as a frontier fort, a […]
(Carlile Jct WY) Devils Tower rises 1,280ft above the Belle Fourche River and can be seen for miles around. It was the first national monument established in 1906. Sacred to natives, and called by them Bear Lodge, or similar names. They have tried to have the name changed, as the current one implies traits opposite […]