Lightening storm over the Platte River near Cozad Nebraska along the Oregon Trail.
Rainbow and lightening along the Platte River. Near Cozad Nebraska.
Rainbow over the Platte River from passing summer thunderstorm near Cozad Nebraska.
Rainbow along the Platte River from passing thunderstorm near Cozad Nebraska.
Hand hewn woodwork on Midway Pony Express Station.
Midway Pony Express Station under protective shelter.
Memorial designating location of Gilmans Ranch Pony Express Station. Nebraska.
Concrete statue of frontier soldier at site of Fort McPherson, built in 1866 to counter Indian uprisings in the 1860s.
Wagon wheel sculpture atop O’Fallons Bluff
Site of Cold Springs Pony Express Station southwest of North Platte Nebraska.
Road sign along my walk of the Oregon Trail west of North Platte Nebraska.
Nebraska landscape west of Sutherland Reservoire, Nebraska.
Platte River supply canal west of Paxton Nebraska.
Dried out canal, effect of 2012 drought along the Platte River supply canal west of Paxton Nebraska.
Dragonfly, Oregon trail, Nebraska.
Access point to the swale of the Oregon Trail heading up California Hill west of Brule Nebraska. One of the best Oregon trail swales in Nebraska.
Swale of the Oregon Trail heading up California Hill west of Brule Nebraska. A vestige of the historic route.
Granite marker at Ash Hollow, the steepest grade since the beginning of the Oregon Trail.
Paved pathway leads to location where the Oregon Trail begins steep descent into Ash Hollow Spring. Ash Hollow State Historic Park Nebraska.
Location where the Oregon Trail begins steep descent into Ash Hollow Spring. Ash Hollow State Historic Park Nebraska.
Tomb stone of Rachel Pattison who died in Ash Hollow from Cholera. Her Husband carved the tombstone, she was 18, he was 21, he never remarried. Ash Hollow State historic Park, Nebraska.
Walking the Oregon Trail 2012 