Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: An administrative history, 1960-1983
Cockrell R. 1983. Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: An administrative history, 1960-1983. Park Administrative Histories. National Park Service, Division of Cultural Resources Management
This history includes information about the establishment of Scotts Bluff National Monument and highlights the National Park Service’s involvement at the Monument. To the thousands of emigrants who followed the Oregon Trail to Utah and the Pacific Coast, Scotts Bluff was a prominent landmark and a favorite camp site. Named for the mysterious fur trader, Hiram Scott, who according to tradition died here in 1828, its prominence is more distinctly associated with the mass migration across the treeless plains between 1843 and 1869. The covered wagons of the pioneers, the handcarts of the Mormons, and the pack trains of the fur traders, all passed this natural promontory. Frenchmen, Scotchmen, Germans, and others of European nationality joined the native-born American in the arduous journey to a "promised land." Some carried with them more material possessions than others, but all carried with them the necessary determination, resolute courage, and confidence in the American way of life. This history includes information about the establishment of Scotts Bluff National Monument and highlights the National Park Service’s involvement at the Monument. It is a brief summary of the 1960 administrative history.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cockrell, Ron
- Date of Issue
- 1983-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Division of Cultural Resources Management
- Units
- HIST , SCBL
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, ehistory, Scotts Bluff National Monument