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Nebraska Highway 92 also passes through Bridgeport, providing a more direct route of 34 miles (55 km) to Scottsbluff. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city of Bridgeport has a total area of 1.20 square miles (3.11 km 2 ), of which 0.003 square miles (0.008 km 2 ), or 0.25%, are water, comprising the portion of the city limits that ...
Courthouse and Jail Rocks are two rock formations located near Bridgeport in the Nebraska Panhandle. The Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express Trail and the Sidney-Deadwood Trail all ran near the rocks. The pair of rock formations served as a landmark along the trails for many pioneers traveling west in the 19th century.
The trail provided access for freight wagons, stagecoaches and other vehicles headed to and from the Dakota gold fields, from the Union Pacific railway trailhead at Fort Sidney, Nebraska. [2] It is about 9 miles east from Chimney Rock and three miles west of Bridgeport, Nebraska. Historic photos show a wooden truss bridge built on pilings in ...
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The Morrill County Courthouse, located on Main St. between 6th and 7th Sts. in Bridgeport, Nebraska, was built in 1909. It is a Classical Revival style building designed by the Eisentraut Company of Kansas City. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels from Big Bend National Park in Texas to US 85 in Deadwood, South Dakota.Within the state of Nebraska, the highway is known as the Gold Rush Byway, one of nine scenic byways across the state. [2]
Beyond Berkshire Hathaway and Fortune 500 companies, Omaha’s Blackstone District, NoDo District and Old Market offer history and arts, as well as fun places to sleep, eat and drink.
This list of museums in Nebraska encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...