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