Near Avenue B just south of South Beltline Highway West.
[English] The “Flat Water” Platte River Before dams, levees, and irrigation systems were built in the 1900s, the Platte — which means “flat water” — was even wider than today. Annual floods in spring and early . . . — — Map (db m310994) HM
Near South Beltline Highway West at 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
[English] The Fur Trade Trappers and traders used this North Platte corridor to transport goods in the 1820s and 1830s. Although the American Fur Trade Company and Hudson Bay Company traded eastern goods to . . . — — Map (db m310997) HM
On S Beltline Hwy E at U.S. 26, on the right when traveling north on S Beltline Hwy E.
This huge bluff towering above the prairie floor was named me-a-pa-te, “hill that is hard to go around.” It was a familiar site to all emigrant travelers heading to the California, Oregon, and Utah Territories. According to . . . — — Map (db m87365) HM
Near Avenue B just south of South Beltline Highway West.
[English] The Great Platte River Road Throughout the 1800s, the Platte River led travelers west: first trappers heading for the Rocky Mountains, and then emigrants bound for Oregon California, and Utah. For early . . . — — Map (db m310976) HM
Near Five Rocks Road (Avenue I) 0.4 miles south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] Marching to Zion Starting in 1846, the Mormon Trail to Utah followed the Platte River and passed by this area one half mile north in what is today downtown Scottsbluff. The Mormons — persecuted and . . . — — Map (db m310898) HM
Near Five Rocks Road (Avenue I) 0.4 miles south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] The Lakota Sioux people called Scotts Bluff Me-a-pa-te, or “hill that is hard to get around.” The Lakota tribe lived north of Scotts Bluff, while the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes had their homelands to the . . . — — Map (db m310899) HM
On Broadway just north of East 17th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Midwest Theater has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1946 — — Map (db m310000) HM
Near South Beltline Highway West at 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
In the early 1880's settlers came to farm the North Platte Valley in western Nebraska. Heavy rainfall would cause flash flooding and the runoff was not stored. To provide irrigation, flood control and hydropower to the region, the 111-mile North . . . — — Map (db m310996) HM
On East 27th Street just east of Broadway, on the right when traveling east.
This landmark is dedicated to Mr. Pascual Huerta and the men who helped build this stone building during the 1930’s. Mr. Huerta and his German Sheperd walked daily from near Stegall, Nebraska to Scottsbluff, gathering stones along the way. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m238879) HM
Near Five Rocks Road (Avenue I) 0.4 miles south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] Rapid Changes After two decades of trail use, changes arrived in the 1860s. The Pony Express with its riders delivered mail to and from California. They rode through local stations near Chimney Rock and . . . — — Map (db m311088) HM
On S Beltline Hwy E at U.S. 26, on the right when traveling north on S Beltline Hwy E.
Rebecca Winters, daughter of Gideon Burdick, a drummer boy in Washington’s army, was born in New York State in 1802. She was a pioneer in the Church of Latter Day Saints, being baptized with her husband Hiram in June 1833.
Membership in the . . . — — Map (db m86666) HM
On Broadway at East 27th Street, on the right when traveling north on Broadway.
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty 40th . . . — — Map (db m238798) HM
On S Beltline Hwy E at U.S. 26, on the right when traveling north on S Beltline Hwy E.
From the late 1840s through the 1860s, an exodus of more than 70,000 Mormons passed by here on their way to their “New Zion” in Utah. Starting from Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846, the first group of at least 13,000 Mormons crossed into Iowa to . . . — — Map (db m86779) HM
Near West Overland just east of South Beltline Highway (State Route 79H), on the right when traveling east.
Nebraska Historic Site Saddle Club, Inc. Est. September, 1947 This property is listed in The National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m178500) HM
Near Old Oregon Trail, on the right when traveling west.
Hiram Scott, employee of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, died in the vicinity of this bluff in 1828. After being deserted by his companions near the junction of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers. — — Map (db m86783) HM
Near Airport Terminal Street 0.2 miles east of County Road 25, on the right when traveling north.
During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces operated a satellite airfield at this site. In the fall of 1942 twenty-eight farms were vacated so construction could begin. Some 600,000 cubic yards of concrete for three runways was poured in . . . — — Map (db m238996) HM
Near Riverside Drive 0.2 miles south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] Settling the North Platte Valley As emigrants followed the trails along the Platte River in the 1840s and 1850s, many recognized the area's prime grazing land. However, it was not until the Homestead Act . . . — — Map (db m310897) HM
Near Riverside Drive 0.2 miles south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] Treeless Prairie Unlike today's landscape, the Great Plains that European Americans first encountered was almost treeless. The prairie’s few trees and shrubs had been beaten back by periodic fires and . . . — — Map (db m310896) HM
Near Five Rocks Road (Avenue I) 0.4 miles south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] Turn Back from Here? Although the trails to Oregon, California, and Utah had different beginning and end points, they all followed the Platte River and North Platte River. For emigrants to Oregon or . . . — — Map (db m310959) HM
On Airport Terminal Street 0.2 miles east of County Road 25, on the right when traveling north.
In recognition of the brave veterans of our American Armed Forces Honor Duty Country Navy ☆ Army ☆ Marine Corps Coast Guard ☆ Air Force ☆ Merchant Marines — — Map (db m238993) WM
Near Riverside Drive south of South Beltline Highway West (State Highway 79H Spur).
[English] Water Challenges With only 15 inches of rain each year, the Platte River Valley supported only ranching in the late 1800s. But in the early 1900s, farmers learned to harness some of the river's water . . . — — Map (db m310895) HM
On S Beltline Hwy E at U.S. 26, on the right when traveling north on S Beltline Hwy E.
In memory of Rebecca Burdick wife of Hiram Winters. She died a faithful Latter Day Saint, Aug. 15, 1852, Aged 50 Yrs. While making that memorable journey across the plains with her people to find a new home in the far distant Salt Lake Valley, she . . . — — Map (db m88671) HM
