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Scotts Bluff and the surrounding bluffs, known to pioneers as “Scotts Bluffs,” marked the end of a monotonous 600-mile trek across the plains on the Oregon Trail. Travelers found spring water, firewood, and a sheltered place to camp there. During the 1840’s, steep-walled ravines forced wagon trains to bypass Scotts Bluff as the trail veered away from the North Platte River and crossed Roubadeau Pass, 8 miles west. With engineering assistance from the U.S. Army, the Mitchell Pass route opened in 1851.
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Gering, Nebraska · United States
