Chimney Rock, NE Photos

Chimney Rock was a landmark on the Oregon Trail which wagon trains could see over the flat American plains for days before passing. This natural tower is about a third of the way between the Missouri River & Oregon or California.

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Chimney Rock as would have been seen by settlers as landmark on Oregon Trail. NE.Chimney Rock above cattle. NE.Chimney Rock National Historic Site. NE.Sky over Nebraska prairie. NE.
Chimney Rock as would have been seen by settlers as landmark on Oregon Trail. NE.Chimney Rock above cattle. NE.Chimney Rock National Historic Site. NE.Sky over Nebraska prairie. NE.
Scott's Bluff escarpment, a landmark on the Oregon Trail. NE.


Scott's Bluff escarpment, a landmark on the Oregon Trail. NE.


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