Oregon Trail Memorial - Gering, NE
N 41° 48.345 W 103° 49.801
13T E 597190 N 4628870
Memorial honoring all trail travelers who died on the trail.
Waymark Code: WMMTFG
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2014
Views: 6
The Oregon Trail Memorial is a bronze tablet and a round bronze Oregon Trail Memorial disc set in a stone. The memorial is located 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.
Marker Name: Oregon Trail Memorial
City: no
Roadside: yes
Other: no
Web Address if available:: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Post Pictures:
1. Close up of historical marker
2. Picture of surrounding area (would prefer to have the marker in the picture also). Thanks!