Chimney Rock, NE Photos

Chimney Rock was a landmark on the Oregon Trail which wagon trains could see over the flat American plains for days before passing. This natural tower is about a third of the way between the Missouri River & Oregon or California.

See also: Nebraska, Scott's Bluff National Monument with Mitchell Pass
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Chimney Rock as would have been seen by settlers as landmark on Oregon Trail.

Chimney Rock above cattle.

Chimney Rock National Historic Site.

Sky over Nebraska prairie.

Scott's Bluff escarpment, a landmark on the Oregon Trail.


All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
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