The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument is a monument on Interstate 80 located three miles east of Kearney, Nebraska, United States. Originally proposed in 1997 and opened in July 2000, it houses
The archway in 2021
Covered wagon
Covered wagon
Campers, visitors can sit with them, on the stump shown
Great Platte River Road
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The Great Platte River Road was a major overland travel corridor approximately following the course of the Platte River in present-day Nebraska and Wyoming that was shared by several popular emigrant
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument
…made to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office. Since prehistoric times, the trail along the Platte River through Nebraska, which came to be known as the Great Platte River Road, has been a thoroughfare for travel across the continent. The Archway museum details the stories of the pioneers, adventurers, and innovators who have…
U.S. 26 along the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska follows the historic transcontinental trails
A photo of the former overland trails, with historic trails marker, through Mitchell Pass at Scotts Bluff National Monument.
Independence Rock, a site along the Mormon Trail
East of Lexington, Nebraska. Triple Tracks replaced the original single track from the 1860s.