Mowry Bluff Archeological Site

Mowry Bluff Archeological Site
Location Western side of Medicine Creek, immediately east of the center of Section 25, Township 5 North, Range 26 West[1]
Nearest city Cambridge, Nebraska
Coordinates 40°22′19″N 100°13′26″W / 40.37194°N 100.22389°W / 40.37194; -100.22389Coordinates: 40°22′19″N 100°13′26″W / 40.37194°N 100.22389°W / 40.37194; -100.22389
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP Reference # 74001115[2]
Added to NRHP July 12, 1974

The Mowry Bluff Archeological Site, in Frontier County, Nebraska, near Cambridge, Nebraska, is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) archeological site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Its Smithsonian trinomial designation is 25 FT 35. It is a village site that was listed for its information potential.[2] A "house mound" at the site was explored, and the site was described, by archeologist W. Raymond Wood, of the University of Missouri, before 1970.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Wood, W. Raymond. "The Mowry Bluff Site, 25FT35". Plains Anthropologist 14.44 (1969): 3-6: 3.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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