Research Catalog
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska.
- Title
- Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska.
- Author
- Mattes, Merrill J.
- Publication
- Washington, [U. S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service] 1958.
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- Additional Authors
- United States. National Park Service
- Description
- 64 p. illus., maps.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- U. S. National Park Service. Historical handbook series, no. 28
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 64.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Early exploration of the Great Plains -- First white men at Scotts Bluff -- Rediscovery of the central overland route -- The Rocky Mountain fur trade -- The tragedy of Scotts Bluff -- The first wagons -- Traders, missionaries, and adventurers -- Migration to Oregon -- Scotts Bluff and the Forty-Niners -- Oregon-California trail geography at Scotts Bluff -- Gold rush trading posts at Scotts Bluff -- Coming of the bullwhackers -- Pony Express to iron horse -- Warfare on the plains -- Hunters, miners, cowboys, and homesteaders -- Natural history of Scotts Bluff -- Prehistory of the Scotts Bluff region -- Guide to the area.
- OCLC
- 2848527
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library