Fort Mitchell Historical Marker
Fort Mitchell Historical Marker is a park in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska and has an elevation of 4,039 feet. Fort Mitchell Historical Marker is situated nearby to the hamlet Costin, as well as near Haig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scotts Bluff National Monument and Mitchell Pass.
Scotts Bluff National Monument
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Scotts Bluff National Monument is a United States national monument in western Nebraska. Despite the name, there are only a few bluffs or rather large rock formations in this area.
Mitchell Pass
Mountain saddle
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Mitchell Pass is a gap through the bluffs near Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska. Beginning in 1851, two of the Westward Expansion Trails passed through the gap, as did the Pony Express in the early 1860s.
Fort Mitchell
Monument
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
Fort Mitchell, Nebraska, was an Army fort in service from 1864 to 1867, located in present-day Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. First constructed northwest of Mitchell Pass as Camp Shuman, Fort Mitchell was manned in the autumn of 1864 by Company "H" of the 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry under Captain J. Fort Mitchell is situated 1½ miles north of Fort Mitchell Historical Marker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Terrytown and Scottsbluff.
Terrytown
Village
Photo: Paltron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terrytown is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,057 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. Terrytown is situated 3½ miles east of Fort Mitchell Historical Marker.
Scottsbluff
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Scottsbluff is a town in the Panhandle region of Nebraska, USA. The geological structure that gives the town its name was an important waypoint on the Oregon Trail and is preserved today as a national monument. The town of Gering is 1½ miles south.
Gering
Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.
Gering, the seat of Scottsbluff county, is a relatively small city south of Scottsbluff. Gering is the oldest of the Scottsbluff/Gering/Terrytown Triplets.
Fort Mitchell Historical Marker
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.84302° or 41° 50′ 35″ northLongitude
-103.73106° or 103° 43′ 52″ westElevation
4,039 feet (1,231 metres)Open location code
85HRR7V9+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 357777648OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5695437
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