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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska

A prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Pass and the adjacent prairie lands are set aside in a 3,000 acre national monument. This site preserves the memory of the historic Oregon, California and Mormon Trails. The monument museum contains exhibits about the human and natural history of the area and also holds a unique collection of watercolor paintings by the frontier photographer and artist William Henry Jackson.

Bluff with visitor's center

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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Code: SCBL

Scotts Bluff National Monument, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Latitude: 41.8345985412598, Longitude: -103.707000732422

Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 231453

NPS Office of Communications and Public Affairs Photo Library

Title: NPS Office of Communications and Public Affairs Photo Library
URL: http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/imagebase.html

11/18/2003

01/01/1980 - 12/30/2003

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Scotts Bluff National Monument

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Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:26:07 PM

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