Robidoux Pass

Infobox_nrhp | name =Robidoux Pass
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Gering, Nebraska
locmapin = Nebraska
area =
built =1848
architect=
architecture=
designated= January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=315&ResourceType=Site
title=Robidoux Pass |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=66000450

Robidoux Pass, about nine miles west of Gering, Nebraska, is a pass that was on the route of the Oregon Trail.

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] .]

Its significance, as of designation in 1961, was described as:

The NHL program, in 2004, further indicates that the "General Management Plan for Scotts Bluff National Monument, a National Park, recommends adding Robidoux Pass to the monument", and "Heavy grazing may be worsening erosion of the site. The site is in multiple private ownership and some of the parcels are subject to sale."

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