Bighorn Mountain
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Bighorn Mountain, or He Sha, is located in Banner County, about Script error: No such module "convert". east of the county seat of Harrisburg, in the Wildcat Hills[1] of Nebraska, United States.
The peak was named for the bighorn sheep that once roamed its flanks,[2] and were reintroduced in the 1970s.[3]
Many residents of the county have carved their names at the top of the peak; the practice dates back at least to 1887.[4]
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References
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- ↑ Beach, F.C. and Rines, G.E. (1912) The Americana: A Universal Reference Library. New York: Scientific American.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, L.L., Link, J.T., and Fairclough, G.T. (1960) Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p 219.
- ↑ Grier, B. (2007) "Bighorn Wildlife Management Area," Nebraskaland magazine. October 1, 2007. p 20-29.
- ↑ Snyder, M. and Snyder. (1998) "A history of Banner County", Old Time Nebraska. Retrieved 6/7/08.
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