"Where in North America?" --- Section III

[CalOldBlue]

Are we in KS, Toto?

[Mark Sedenquist]

Excellent deductive powers.... except my geographic sense has deserted me again... you need to bend your attention northwards on a par with Chicago instead of St. Louis... (you'd think I'd have a better sense of place after this many decades of doing this....)

And the rocks are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and in the Nebraska Natural Areas Register.

[glc]

Those are the Courthouse and Jail Rocks outside Bridgeport NE. They were landmarks along several trails.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Yep, despite my geographic-challenged state of mind, you got it!

"Located just 2 miles south of Bridgeport Nebraska on State hwy 88 - near the Bridgeport Golf Course.

Courthouse and Jail Rocks are two of the most famous landmarks of the mid 1800's westward migration. Nearby is the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express Trail and the Sidney-Deadwood Trail. The rocks were vanguards of the unforgettable scenic wonders that travelers would encounter farther west on the trails, including Chimney Rock and the rugged Scott's Bluffs...." read more here.

[Mark Sedenquist]

I thought it was high time we ran another bronze statue past the assembled road trip lore wizards of this Forum....

I love the action in this depiction -- even his cowboy hat is falling off....
What town is this located in? When was it created? Who was the artist?
(Actually, I don't know the answers about the artist or when it was built, but I'd like to know so we can feature it elsewhere on the site...)

(Photo by Gerald Thurman)

[CalOldBlue]

..my geographic sense has deserted me again... (you'd think I'd have a better sense of place after this many decades of doing this....)

<sarcasm>Don't turn this into a challenge; remember, I am a trained IT professional: I can make bigger mistakes, and make more of them faster than you could ever hope to. </sarcasm>

[Mark Sedenquist]

Ahhh, Grasshopper, I'm a learned-by-the-seat-of-pants-on-mouse kind of Web publisher and I've made more mistakes than there is documentation. I really like that </sarcasm> tag -- I've to share that with some of my editorial colleagues! ...And by the way, this statue location is A LOT closer to Kansas than the last one was...

[Quebec Gen]

Yep, despite my geographic-challenged state of mind, you got it!

"Located just 2 miles south of Bridgeport Nebraska on State hwy 88 - near the Bridgeport Golf Course.

Courthouse and Jail Rocks are two of the most famous landmarks of the mid 1800's westward migration. Nearby is the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express Trail and the Sidney-Deadwood Trail. The rocks were vanguards of the unforgettable scenic wonders that travelers would encounter farther west on the trails, including Chimney Rock and the rugged Scott's Bluffs...." read more here.

One of my favourite spots in the US. I visited that place during my very first long US solo road trip in 2003 or 2004!

Can anyone tell me where this is and what is the name of this installation?

[Mark Sedenquist]

Really, really, big salmon. Salmon that can leap 10 meters or more in a single bound....

Seriously, that looks like flood chute downstream from a dam/power plant but I've never seen tiers that high before. Is this in the United States?

Mark

[AZBuck]

It's part of Hydro-Québec.

AZBuck