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A visitor center in the refuge displays many of these items. The Bertrand site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is located five miles (eight kilometres) east of Blair, Nebraska. Access to the refuge is on U.S. Route 30 between Blair and Interstate 29.
The Bertrand was a steamboat which sank on April 1, ... Today, the artifacts are displayed in a museum at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley, Iowa.
DeSoto Lake is a lake within DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Harrison and Pottawattamie counties, Iowa and Washington County, Nebraska. The 811 acres (328 ha) lake has a maximum depth of 26 feet (7.9 m). [1] Though it has the appearance of a natural lake it is man-made, created from a channel leading from the Missouri River in 1958.
Horace Bixby was one of the pilots of the steamboat Bertrand, which sank on April 1, 1865, after hitting a snag in the Missouri River, north of Omaha, Nebraska, in what was to become the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. [19] The wreck of the Bertrand was excavated in 1968, and much of its cargo as survived—over 500,000 artifacts—are on ...
Bertrand Site. March 24, 1969 : DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Blair: 2: Blair High School: Blair High School. March 14, 1991 ...
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge; F. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge; J. ... North Platte National Wildlife Refuge; R. Rainwater Basin; V. Valentine National ...
Omaha was a stopping point for settlers and prospectors heading west, either overland or by the Missouri River. The steamboat Bertrand sank north of Omaha on its way to the goldfields in 1865. Its massive collection of artifacts is on display at the nearby Desoto National Wildlife Refuge.