Robidoux Pass
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The area was named for members of the Robideau family, either Antoine or Joseph E. Robideau (also spelled Robidoux), who in the 1840s maintained a trading post east of the gap and later one at Scottsbluff. It contained blacksmith and grog shops, as well as other goods.[3] The pass lies a few miles west southwest of Scottsbluff, Nebraska in broken country south of the North Platte River and the Wildcat Hills.
Scotts Bluff blocked wagon travel along the south bank of the North Platte River, forcing early travelers to swing south and go through Robidoux Pass, a natural gateway in the great bluffs. In 1850, a shorter route was opened through Mitchell Pass, just south of the monument itself and much closer to the Platte River and eliminated the eight-mile swing south.[4]
A local road, Robidoux Road, now passes through the gap. Robidoux Pass is located south of Scotts Bluff National Monument, Script error: No such module "convert". south and Script error: No such module "convert". west of Gering, Nebraska off Nebraska Highway 71 on Robidoux Road.[5][6]
The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[2]
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- ↑ Information page, U.S. Board of Geographical Names
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- ↑ Page 147, Robidoux Chronicles: Ethnohistory of the French-American Fur Trade by Hugh M. Lewis, Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006). trade paperback, 450 pages, Template:ISBN Template:ISBN
- ↑ "Scotts Bluff National Monument/Mitchell Pass"
- ↑ Mapquest map
- ↑ Robidoux Pass" National Park Service website
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- Road transportation infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
- National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska
- Landforms of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
- Landforms of Nebraska
- Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
- Mountain passes of Nebraska
- National Register of Historic Places in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska