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APPENDIX A:
Photographs of Scotts Bluff National Monument (continued)

sign
Interpretive sign marking the Pioneer Campsite in Mitchell Pass. The sign reads:

Early west-bound travelers often camped in this area. Emigrant wagon trains averaged 15 to 20 miles per day. Horse Creek was the next campsite west of here.

William H. Jackson, pioneer photographer and artist, camped here on night of August 2, 1866. He was then employed as a "bullwacker" for a freighting outfit. The next morning he drew a sketch of Mitchell Pass.

Early travelers did not tarry long at Scotts Bluff. Further west they passed such famous places as Fort Laramie, Register Cliff, Laramie Peak, Independence Rock, Devils Gate, and South Pass.
(Photograph by Ron Cockrell)

park visitors
Visitors at the beginning of the Saddle Rock Trail. (Photograph courtesy of Superintendent, Scotts Bluff NM)

bike trail
The Bicycle Trail completed in the late 1960s, roughly parallels Nebraska Highway 92. The Monument's Bicycle Trail connects to a similar trail at the boundary built by the city of Gering, Nebraska. (Photograph courtesy of Superintendent, Scotts Bluff NM)

entrance station
NPS Fee Collection Station at the entrance to the Summit Road. (Photograph courtesy of Superintendent, Scotts Bluff NM)

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