Chimney Rock, Pony Express Museum, Lewis & Clark Memorial - NE & IA (7-6-08)
Chimney Rock National Historic Site...it was a bit smaller than I imagined it.
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The visitors center with Chimney Rock in the background...
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This is as close as you can get to Chimney Rock. It actually sits on private property and is off-limits to the public...
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Chimney Rock sits just north of the cliffs that mark the southern edge of the Platte River Valley...
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As we continued east we stopped for a couple minutes in Gothenburg, Nebraska for a look at an original Pony Express station...
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The Pony Express Station in Gothenburg, Nebraska. This cabin was reclocated to this spot from a location to the south along the Oregon Trail. Very few structures remain from the short-lived pony express so this little structure is quite special...
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One of our last stops was in Council Bluffs,Iowa at the Lewis & Clark Memorial...
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The small memorial sits in a pleasant little park with a commanding view of the Missouri River...
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The monument depicting the meeting of Lewis and Clark withe the Oto Indians on their way west...
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On the back of the monument you get a bit of background info about the spot...
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Overlooking the Missouri River plain from the momument in Council Bluffs...
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The panorama from the Lewis and Clark Monument. Omaha, Nebraska can be seen in the distance through the haze...
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