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Scotts Bluff National Monument was created by Congress in 1919  in western Nebraska. It represents the public memory of westward migration along the Oregon Trail and a meaningful place in the collective memory of local residents. These meanings, although not necessarily contradictory, diverged in ways that made management of the monument a source of controversy between local and national parties. Federal officials sought to emphasize the historic importance of Scotts Bluff and its national symbolic value, while locals wanted to continue using the monument as they always had - for picnics, hikes, golf, and even an annual soap box derby. Yet the process of establishing and interpreting the monument fostered the development of a local community identity inextricably linked to the monument.<ref> Alicia Barber, "Local Places, National Spaces: Public Memory, Community Identity, and Landscape at Scotts Bluff National Monument" ''American Studies'' (00263079) 2004 45(2): 35-64, not online </ref>  

Scotts Bluff National Monument was created by Congress in 1919  in western Nebraska. It represents the public memory of westward migration along the Oregon Trail and a meaningful place in the collective memory of local residents. These meanings, although not necessarily contradictory, diverged in ways that made management of the monument a source of controversy between local and national parties. Federal officials sought to emphasize the historic importance of Scotts Bluff and its national symbolic value, while locals wanted to continue using the monument as they always had - for picnics, hikes, golf, and even an annual soap box derby. Yet the process of establishing and interpreting the monument fostered the development of a local community identity inextricably linked to the monument.<ref> Alicia Barber, "Local Places, National Spaces: Public Memory, Community Identity, and Landscape at Scotts Bluff National Monument" ''American Studies'' (00263079) 2004 45(2): 35-64, not online </ref>  

A centenary commemoration of the Oregon Trail was held at Independence Rock, Wyoming, in July 1930. The event was promoted by Howard Driggs, an energetic author who became leader of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, founded in the early 1920's by Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker. In 1941 the American Pioneer Trails Association, a group of trail enthusiasts that grew out of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, organized an auto caravan between Marysville, Kansas, and Denver, Colorado. The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument east of Kearney, Nebraska, opened in 2000. Eight stories tall and straddling Interstate 80, the museum tells the story of the settling of the frontier West. The Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Pony Express, and Lincoln Highway, for example, are brought to life through video reenactments, displays, and assorted primary materials.  

A centenary commemoration of the Oregon Trail was held at Independence Rock, Wyoming, in July 1930. The event was promoted by Howard Driggs, an energetic author who became leader of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, founded in the early 1920's by Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker. In 1941 the American Pioneer Trails Association, a group of trail enthusiasts that grew out of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, organized an auto caravan between Marysville, Kansas, and Denver, Colorado. The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument east of Kearney, Nebraska, opened in 2000. Eight stories tall and straddling Interstate 80, the museum tells the story of the settling of the frontier West. The Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Pony Express, and Lincoln Highway, for example, are brought to life through video reenactments, displays, and assorted primary materials.  The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center operates near Baker City, Oregon. It offers living history demonstrations, interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, special events, and four miles of interpretive trails.

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.archway.org/ Great Platte River Road Archway Monument]

* [http://www.archway.org/ Great Platte River Road Archway Monument]

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