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Civil War Encampment at
Stur Museum RR Town

Great Platte River Road
Archway Monument

Fort Kearny State
Historical Park

Great Platte River Road Archway Monument has a story to tell. The educational display inside this two-story archway above interstate 80 traces the history of the Platte River Road from the Oregon Trails days, to the first transcontinental highway, and transcontinental fiber optic link . Click on Map Icon at Right for location of the Platte River Archway

This is unusual view of the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument - Looking east toward the Archway from the county road just south of Interstate-80, Archway entry is on the far left

Let Go INSIDE

Above: Buy your ticket for the Archway displays at this turn of last century train sation style window (photo right). Party hiddena t left - the escalator to "Wagon Train" and The Archway display

Left: This is the entry. It is on the kearney, north end of the archway - See Left side of long photo above.

Inside the ARCHWAY - Trails Displays

The frist major exhibits in the Arch is on the trails west - Oregon, 49er, and the Mormons. Above is Mormon expedition rescue and At left some poineers crossing Utah are lighten their load

Inside the ARCHWAY - Early Transportion

This stagecoarch is on the far end of the archway, after passing the Pony Expess / telegraph office and Iron horse display.

Just up the stair, this is a "campsite" on the nation frist transcontinental highway road, the "Lincoln Highway". My friend Scott, are listening to this exhibit audio on a wireless headsit. before leaving archway, you go past the Drive-in movie and check speed of intestate traffic below the arch

Links
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument
Archway Walk-through Page

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