Tag: The Oregon Trail

• Looking for landmarks

  

  Chimney Rock near Bayard, Nebraska is the signature landmark on the Oregon Trail.  The stone column rises nearly 300 feet above the North Platte river valley.  The national historical site  and visitors center is maintained and operated by History Nebraska. The museum inside the center has been expanded and updated. The exhibits are interesting and…

  Joe Burns

  September 22, 2020

  Nebraska, Travel

  Chimney Rock, Fort Laramie, Scotts Bluff National Monument, The Oregon Trail

• In Search of the Oregon Trail

  

  After reading “The Oregon Trail A New American Journey” I knew where my next road trip would take me. The book is the story of the author Rinker Buck’s,  “crazy ass passion” to make the first unassisted covered wagon crossing of the Oregon Trail in over 100 years. I was totally captivated by the personalities…

  Joe Burns

  September 20, 2020

  Nature and Landscape, Nebraska, Travel

  Ash Hollow, Chimney Rock, Courthouse Rock, Covered Wagon, Lake McConaughy, Ogallala, Rinker Buck, Scotts Bluff, The Oregon Trail, Wander Wagon, Windlass Hill