Nebraska

Vandalism Clean-Up at Robidoux Trading Post

September 21, 2011

The Robidoux Trading Post, near Scotts Bluff National Monument, is one of our favorite historic destinations in Nebraska.  It was there in the 1840s, that the post was  established by a Frenchman, either Joseph or Antoine Robidoux. Robidoux sold a variety of goods and provided blacksmithing services for travelers. Although the trading post on the site [...]

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Nebraska Pioneer Grave: Rebecca Winters

September 1, 2009

From Nebraska Historical Marker, near Scott’s Bluff “Rebecca Winters, daughter of Gideon Burdick, a drummer boy in Washington’s army, was born in New York State in 1802. She was a pioneer in the Church of the Latter Day Saints, being baptized with her husband Hiram in June 1833. Membership in the Church brought persecution in [...]

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