Signal Butte

Infobox_nrhp | name =Signal Butte
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Gering, Nebraska
locmapin = Nebraska
area =
architect=
architecture=
designated= January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=316&ResourceType=Site
title=Signal Butte |accessdate=2008-05-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000452

Signal Butte, or site 25Sf1, is an archaeological site near Gering, Nebraska.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site] .]

At its designation, it was stated:quote|Discovered in 1931, this is the first site of the middle prehistoric period in the central and northern Plains to be excavated by archeologists.

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