USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Scotts Bluff is named for Hiram Scott, a Rocky Mountain Fur Company trapper abandoned here by his companions when he became ill. Numerous accounts of his tragic death were noted by early travelers along the Platte River.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scotts Bluff County received its name from its rich history. A fur trapper by the name of Hiram Scott gained a certain immortality by dying, alone and deserted by his companions, at the base of a magnificent formation of bluffs along the North Platte River in 1828.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Landmark for Many Peoples Towering 800 feet above the North Platte River, Scotts Bluff has served as a landmark for peoples from Native Americans to emigrants on the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails to modern travelers.

Detailed explanation-4: -It remains a memorial to those who on foot, on horseback, and in covered wagons moved America westward. The formation is named for Hiram Scott, a fur-company clerk, who died near the bluff in 1828. A museum at the base of the bluff displays the history of the pioneer travelers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Located close to the North Platte River, this route saved emigrants nearly 15 miles of travel. The route, though, was narrow, due to the land’s geography. As such, more than 300, 000 emigrants, and their wagons and livestock, had to travel on the same strip of land.