History of Scotts Bluff National Monument
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Bibliography

Brand, Donald D., The History of Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Field Division of Education, Berkeley, California, 1934.

Dunbar, Seymour, A History of Travel in America, four volumes, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1915.

Effinger, William L., Outline of the Geology and Paleontology of Scotts Bluff National Monument, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Field Division of Education, Berkeley, California, 1934.

Faris, John, ed. and comp., Who's Who in Nebraska, Nebraska Press Association, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940.


Government Publications and Reports:

Green, Thomas Lightfoot, "Scotts Bluff, Fort John," Nebraska History Vol. XIX, July, 1938.

Hackett, Coyt H., "Tourist Traffic Mounts at Scotts Bluff Monument," article in the Gering Courier, July 15, 1955.

Harris, Earl R., "1812, First Christmas on the North Platte: 'Bare Prairie . . . Hills Bluffy,'" article in Scottsbluff Daily Star Herald, December 25, 1958.

Harris, Earl R., "Monument Proclaimed 38 Years Ago Today," article in Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald, December 12, 1957.

Harris, Earl R., "Administrative History of Scotts Bluff National Monument," series of six articles appearing in the Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald and the Gering Courier, November 8, 1959-January 3, 1960.

Mattes, Merrill J., "Hiram Scott, Fur Trader," Nebraska History, Vol. XXVI, July, 1945.

Mattes, Merrill J., "Fort Mitchell, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska Territory," Nebraska History, Vol. XXXIII, March, 1952.

Mattes, Merrill J., "Robidoux's Trading Post at Scotts Bluffs' and the California Gold Rush," Nebraska History, Vol XXX, June, 1949.

Mattes, Merrill J., Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, National Park Service Information Bulletin, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1942.

Mattes, Merrill J., Scottsbluff is Venerable Landmark for Trails West," article in Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald, August 2, 1950.

Mattes, Merrill J., "Chimney Rock on the Oregon Trail," Nebraska History, Vol. XXXVI, March, 1955.

Mattes, Merrill J., Indians, Infants, and Infantry, Old West Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado, 1960.

Mattes, Merrill J., Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, National Park Service Historical Handbook, Series, No. 28, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1958.


Newspapers:

Adobe Echo, 1935-1938.
Gering Midwest, 1919-1926.
Gering Courier, 1914-1962.
Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald, 1914-1961.

Official memoranda, correspondence, and reports, 1938-1961, in Scotts Bluff National Monument files.

Official memoranda, correspondence, and reports, 1914-1933, on three microfilms in the Scotts Bluff National Monument files, obtained from the National Archives, Washington, D. C.

Rollins Philip Ashton, ed., Discovery of the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart's Narratives, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.

Tolson, Hillory A., comp., "National Park Service Officials," U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D. C., 1958.



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