Rising 470 feet above the North Platte River Vally, Chimney Rock stands to the south as the most celebrated of all natural formations along the overland routes to California, Oregon, and Utah. Chimney Rock served as an early landmark for fur . . . — — Map (db m223464) HM
The property upon which this visitor center sits was donated by Gordon and Patty Howard
In Memory of Roszel F. (Frank) Durnal and Mary B. Durnal and their descendants, who gave Chimney Rock to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1939 . . . — — Map (db m169810) HM
Seal of the National Pony Express Centennial Association
Chimney Rock Station on the route of the Pony Express, was located near here between Chimney Rock and the North Platte River. This was an important Pony Express stop between . . . — — Map (db m79423) HM
Member Mormon Martin Handcart Company Mary Murray Murdoch “Wee Granny” Born Scotland Oct. 13, 1782 Died near Chimney Rock, Neb. Oct. 2, 1856 “Tell John I died with my face toward Zion.” Dedicated by the Murdoch Family . . . — — Map (db m87318) HM
“Once in the sun-fierce badlands of the west in that strange country of volcanic ash and cones, . . . we found a sabertooth, most ancient cat, far down in all those cellars of dead time.”From The Innocent Assassins by . . . — — Map (db m89174) HM
Fleeing heated religious and political hostility and persecution, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (widely known as Mormons) abruptly fled their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846. Unprepared for the cold of . . . — — Map (db m195175) HM
