Named for fur trapper Hiram Scott, this imposing natural formation was originally called ma-a-pa-te ("hill that is hard to go around") by Indians in the region. Scotts Bluff, rising 800 ft above the surrounding valley floor, and 4649
Gering, NE LandmarksFollowing the opening or rediscovery of the Platte River route to the west by the fur traders and mountain men of the 1820's and 1830'
Gering, NE Pioneer LifeWilliam Henry Jackson, frontier photographer and artist, was an early photographer of the American West, as well as an accomplished artist. He traveled the Oregon-California Trail in 1866 and 1867
Gering, NE ArtsWhen you walked into the Wyobraska Natural History Museum, also known as Wildlife World, you could not help but utter an unexpected "Wow!"
Gering, NE Museums