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Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge


category : Memorials
Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge The "Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge" over the
Missouri River is approximately 3000 feet long and 80
feet high over the river on the South Dakota side. It links
Niobrara with South Dakota with about a 60 mile drive
straight north to Mitchell, connecting Nebraska's
Highway 14 with South Dakota's Highway 37.


Come visit us in Niobrara, Nebraska

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National Register Sites in Knox County

Bloomfield - Pospeshil Theater (1906): Elaborate pressed tin ceiling, fanciful woodwork.

- Carnegie Library: Being transformed into a museum. 402-373-4771

Center - Knox County Courthouse (1935

Niobrara, NE National Register

Mormon Monument

In 1846 Newell Knight, his family, and a company of Mormons left Nauvoo, Illinois to search out a home in the Rocky Mountains. Due to hardships, the group could not go on and they built a fort of log cabins by the Niobrara

Niobrara, NE Monuments

Pilgrim Congregational Church and Manse

Constructed in 1870-71, this building served as both a chapel and a training school. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Niobrara, NE Historic Churches

Lewis and Clark Visitors Center

Niobrara, NE Recreation

Church of Our Most Merciful Savior

Built in 1884, this one story church with board and batten siding is the only surviving Episcopal mission in the county. Services are still conducted with a beautifully wood finished interior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Priest in Charge - Fr. David Hussey

Niobrara, NE Historic Churches

Things to do Memorials near Niobrara, NE

Sage Brothers Memorial

War Memorials

Flag Park Memorial

Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge