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In 1962, the site was protected as part of a 312-acre Nebraska state park. [7] Ash Hollow Cave was named as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The surrounding area was named the Ash Hollow Historic District in 1975. [8] In 1978, a visitor center was built overlooking the canyon. [9]
The Ash Hollow Formation of the Ogallala Group is a geological formation found in Nebraska and South Dakota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. It was named after Ash Hollow, Nebraska and can be seen in Ash Hollow State Historical Park. [1] Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park is within this formation. [2]
The Battle of Ash Hollow, also known as the Battle of Blue Water Creek or the Harney Massacre, [1] [2] was an engagement of the First Sioux War, fought on September 2 and 3, 1855, between United States Army soldiers under Brig. Gen. William S. Harney and a band of the Brulé Lakota along the Platte River in present-day Garden County, Nebraska.
Chadron State Park: Dawes: 974.26 acres 394.27 ha: Nebraska's oldest state park Eugene T. Mahoney State Park: Cass: 673.101 acres 272.394 ha: Multiple recreational and meeting facilities, fronted by the Platte River: Fort Robinson State Park: Dawes, Sioux: 22,332.72 acres 9,037.73 ha: Former U.S. Army fort Indian Cave State Park: Nemaha ...
The site is protected as Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, a 360-acre (150 ha) park that includes a visitor center with interpretive displays and working fossil preparation laboratory, and a protected ongoing excavation site, the Hubbard Rhino Barn, featuring fossil Teleoceras (native hippo-like ancestral rhinoceros) and ancestral horses.
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Ash Hollow State Historical Park Recreation Road, Ash Hollow State Historical Park R-35B — — — — Garden — — Windlass Hill Recreation Road, Ash Hollow State Historical Park R-37A — — — — Gosper — — Johnson Lake Recreation Road, Johnson Lake State Recreation Area R-40E — — — — Hall — —
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