Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
by Merrill J. Mattes
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About this eBook
- Author
- Mattes, Merrill J., 1910-1996
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
- Subject
- Scotts Bluff County (Neb.) -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58922
- Release Date
- February 20, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Scotts Bluff NATIONAL MONUMENT Nebraska
- 2.Contents
- 3.Early Exploration of the Great Plains
- 4.First White Men at Scotts Bluff
- 5.Rediscovery of the Central Overland Route
- 6.The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade
- 7.The Tragedy of Scotts Bluff
- 8.The First Wagons
- 9.Traders, Missionaries, and Adventurers
- 10.Migration to Oregon
- 11.Years of Decision, 1846-48
- 12.Scotts Bluff and The Forty-niners
- 13.Oregon-California Trail Geography at Scotts Bluff
- 14.Gold Rush Trading Posts at Scotts Bluff
- 15.Coming of the Bullwhackers
- 16.Scotts Bluff—The Artistic Record
- 17.Pony Express to Iron Horse, 1860-69
- 18.Warfare on the Plains
- 19.Hunters, Miners, Cowboys, and Homesteaders
- 20.Natural History of Scotts Bluff — Elevations. — Geology. — Paleontology. — Plantlife. — Wildlife .
- 21.Prehistory of the Scotts Bluff Region — Signal Butte. — Scotts Bluff Bison Quarry. — Spanish Diggings. — Scotts Bluff Potato Cellar Site. — Ash Hollow Cave.
- 22.Guide to the Area — Location of the Monument. — Trans-Monument Road. — Mitchell Pass Area. — Visitor Center. — Scotts Bluff Summit Road and Summit Area. — Summit-Museum Trail. — Badlands Area. — South Bluff Wild Area.
- 23.Related Areas
- 24.Administration
- 25.Suggested Readings
- 26.NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
- 27.Transcriber’s Notes
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