Oregon Trail Memorial - Gering, NE, USA
N 41° 48.345 W 103° 49.801
13T E 597190 N 4628870
Memorial honoring all trail travelers who died on the Oregon Trail.
Waymark Code: WMMW8A
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2014
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The Oregon Trail Memorial is a bronze tablet and a round bronze Oregon Trail Memorial disc set in a stone. The memorial is located in a small cemetery off Robidoux Road (also known as Robadeau Pass Road) west of Scottsbluff National Monument. According to the nearby Roubedeau (the spelling of the name varies) Historical Marker the cemetery contains the graves of 5 unknown emigrants.
Tablet text:
Honoring these and all the thousands who lie in nameless graves along the trail. Faith and courage such as theirs made America. May ours preserve it.
The memorial was placed by the Katahdin Chapter, D. A. R. in 1942.
Who placed it?: Katahdin Chapter, D. A. R.
When was it placed?: 1942
Who is honored?: All migrants who died on the Oregon Trail and are buried in nameless graves.
Website about the Monument: Not listed
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