Scotts Bluff National Monument is located west of the city of Gering in western Nebraska, United States. This National Park Service site protects over 3,000 acres of historic overland trail remnants,
Covered Wagon on the Oregon Trail at Scotts Bluff
Mitchell Pass looking east. South Bluff's Sentinel Rock is to the right and Scotts Bluff's Eagle Rock is to the left.
Tunnel through Scotts Bluff
Panorama view of Mitchell Pass looking west, with South Bluff on the left and Scotts Bluff on the right
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The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in North America that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Ore
Scotts Bluff National Monument
…after Hiram Scott, who was a clerk for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and died near the bluff in 1828. The bluff served as an important landmark on the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Pony Express Trail, and was visible at a distance from the Mormon Trail. Over 250,000 westward emigrants passed by Scotts Bluff…
The first Fort Laramie as it looked prior to 1840. Painting from memory by Alfred Jacob Miller
Breaking up Camp at Sunrise, by Alfred Jacob Miller
Trail ruts near Guernsey, Wyoming
Our Camp, by Alfred Jacob Miller