USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chimney Rock National Historic Site [1] is a United States National Historic Site located in Morrill County in the state of Nebraska. It contains the famous landmark Chimney Rock, which helped emigrants on the Oregon Trail find their way.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chimney Rock has become one of the most famous landmarks in the American West. The first recorded mention of Chimney Rock was in 1827 by Joshua Pilcher. He journeyed up the Platte River valley to the Salt Lake rendezvous of the Rocky Mountain fur trappers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chimney Rock was millions of years in the making. About 38 million years ago, streams and wind started carrying silt and sand from the Rocky Mountains to the Nebraska Panhandle. This material built up into layers of clay that are visible in the Rock and surrounding buttes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chimney Rock has become one of the most famous landmarks in the American West, largely due to its stop along the Oregon Trail. This unique formation came to symbolize the greatest voluntary migration in the history of mankind.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chimney Rock State Park has implemented a climbing, rappelling and bouldering registration and permit system for the Rumbling Bald Climbing Access.