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Scottsbluff

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Scottsbluff (skŏts`blŭf'), city (1990 pop. 13,711), Scotts Bluff co., W Nebr., on the North Platte River near the Wyo. line; inc. 1900. It is the market, distribution, and processing point of an irrigated farm region. Besides livestock and agriculture, there is some light industry. Tourism is also important. The city is named for a nearby butte, Scotts Bluff (alt. 4,649 ft/1,417 m), a landmark to travelers on the Oregon and Mormon trails. In 1864, Fort Mitchell was established there as an outpost of Fort Laramie. Oregon Trail Museum is in Scotts Bluff National Monument, and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is to the north (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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From Scottsbluff to North Platte to Columbus to Omaha to Lincoln there is so much to see in the state of Nebraska.
The clinics are planned to serve: * Colorado: Larimer, Jackson, Logan and Weld counties * Maine: Franklin, Somerset and Piscataquis counties * Nebraska: Cheyenne, Kimball, and Scottsbluff counties * Washington state: Greys Harbor, Mason, and Lewis * West Virginia: Preston, Randolph, Upshur, Wetzel, Roane, and Taylor counties; and, * Wyoming: Albany, Carbon, Goshen, and Platte counties.
Under his leadership, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association has purchased KNEB in Scottsbluff in 1984 and KTIC in West Point in 1997.
 
 
 
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