Nebraska
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:15Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
301 River Road
P.O. Box 27
Harrison, NE 69346-2734
Phone: 308-668-2211
This park was originally a working cattle ranch owned by Capt. James Cook and known as Agate Springs Ranch. The park features renowned quarries that contain numerous, well preserved mammal fossils from the Miocene Epoch; these represent an important chapter in the evolution of mammals. The park's museum collection also contains more than 500 artifacts from the Cook Collection of Plains Indian artifacts.
Homestead National Monument of America
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:16Homestead National Monument of America
8523 West State Highway 4
Beatrice, NE 68310
Phone: 402-223-3514
This park, which includes the 160-acre claim filed by Daniel Freeman under The Homestead Act of 1862, is a memorial to the pioneers who settled the west. Among the features are a typical log cabin, a restored frontier school, and more than 100 acres of restored tallgrass prairie.
Missouri National Recreational River
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:16Missouri National Recreational River
P.O. Box 591
O'Neill, NE 68763-0591
Phone: 402-336-3970
Two reaches of the Missouri River are protected here. The portion originally set aside, from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota, to Ponca, Nebraska, still exhibits the river's dynamic character in its islands, bars, chutes, and snags. An upper reach between Lewis and Clark Lake and Fort Randall Dam exhibits native floodplain forest, tallgrass and mixed grass prairies, and habitats for several endangered species.
Niobrara National Scenic River
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:17Niobrara National Scenic River
P.O. Box 591
O'Neill, NE 68763-0591
Phone: 402-336-3970
This segment of the Niobrara River preserves a unique mix of boreal, eastern woodland, and Rocky Mountain forest types, and tallgrass, Sandhills, and mixed-grass prairie. This Great Plains river is rated as one of America's top canoeing adventures. Public and private facilities are available.
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:17Scotts Bluff National Monument
P.O. Box 27
Gering, NE 69341-0027
Phone: 308-436-4340
Rising 800 feet above the valley floor, this massive promontory was a landmark on the Oregon and California trails, associated with overland migration across the Great Plains between 1843 and 1869.
