Key to listings along the journey roughly east-to-west: |
| Abbreviations |
NP
SP |
National Park
State Park |
SHP
SHS |
State Historical
Park
or Site |
|
NM |
National
Monument |
NRA
SRA |
National or
State
Recreation Area |
|
Photo |
Point of interest
as featured in Emigrant Road |
Light Gray |
Point of interest
also featured in Emigrant Road |
Dark Gray |
Point of interest not featured
in Emigrant Road |
| |
| Things to see
and do along today's Oregon Trail |
| |
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Windlass
Hill, s of Lewellen (deep ruts, steep hills, views, interpretive trails) |
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Ash Hollow
SHP, s of Lewellen (visitor center, spring-fed lake) |
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Courthouse
& Jail Rocks, s of Bridgeport (emigrant signatures) |
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Chimney Rock NHS, s of Bayard (visitor center,
trails)
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Oregon
Trail Wagon Train, sw of Bayard on Oregon Trail Rd (trail rides) |
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Wildcat
Hills SRA, s of Gering on SR71 (buffalo, elk preserve) |
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Rebecca
Winters grave, off Hwy 26, Scotts Bluff (pioneer grave marked by iron wagon
tire) |
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Scotts Bluff NM (views, Wm. Henry Jackson paintings,
visitor center, walks along Oregon Trail, Merrill Mattes memorial) |
|
Robidoux
Pass, w of Gering (trading post, markers, graves, views) |
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HONEY, WHERE'S THE MAP?
YOU CAN STILL TURN BACK
MOVE ALONG LIL' DOGIES
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