- This page refers to the Cowboy Trail in Nebraska, United States. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the Cowboy Trail in Alberta, Canada, see Alberta Highway 22. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Highway 22 is a highway in Alberta, Canada. The highway has been billed as the Cowboy Trail by Travel Alberta since it passes
The Cowboy Trail is a rail trail in northern Nebraska. Rail trail is a term for a Trail that makes use of a railroad right-of-way (ROW. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and
It is a multi-use recreational trail suitable for bicycling, walking and horseback riding. A trail is a Path or Road used for Walking, Cycling, Cross-country skiing, or other activities Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles It occupies an abandoned Chicago and North Western Railway corridor and when complete, the trail will run from Chadron to Norfolk, a length of 321 miles (516 km), making it the longest rails to trails conversion in the United States. Chadron (the Ch is pronounced as the Sh is pronounced in Shut is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. Norfolk is a City in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha at the intersection of U Rail trail is a term for a Trail that makes use of a railroad right-of-way (ROW. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is Nebraska's first state recreational trail.
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History
Built by the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad (a predecessor company of the Chicago & North Western Railway) in the late 1870s and early 1880s, the "Cowboy Line" was abandoned by the C&NW in 1992. The Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad ( FE&MV) sometimes called "the Elkhorn" was an American Railroad established in 1869 in The following year, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy purchased the railroad's right-of-way for $6. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC is an American nonprofit organization working with communities to preserve unused rail corridors by transforming them into rail trails The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 2 million and donated it to the state of Nebraska. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is responsible for the development and maintenance of the trail. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ( NGPC) is a public agency of the government of the State of Nebraska in the United States.
Development of the trail has occurred at a rate of about 10 to 20 miles (16 to 32 km) each year; by the end of 2007, 195 miles (314 km) of trail will be open in one continuous section between Valentine and the eastern terminus in Norfolk. Valentine is a city in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. Norfolk is a City in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha at the intersection of U [1]
A short-line railroad (the Nebkota Railway) did operate on the westernmost 74 miles (119 km) of the Cowboy Trail (from Chadron to Merriman) until 2007. Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the popular Board game Monopoly, probably named after the Shore Fast Line, an Interurban streetcar The Nebkota Railway is a Class III railroad that began operations in 1994 with of former Chicago and North Western Railway track between Merriman and Merriman is a village in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The Cowboy Trail in that section was to be built on an easement parallel to the railroad. For railroad track easement see Track transition curve. An easement is the right or freedom to do something or the right to prevent In view of the abandonment of the final section, details of where the last section of the Cowboy Trail will be built are still being worked out.
Trail guide
There are 29 communities along the length of the Cowboy Trail. Major cities on the trail include (from west to east):
Trailheads are located in Valentine, O'Neill and Norfolk. Chadron (the Ch is pronounced as the Sh is pronounced in Shut is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. Gordon is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. Valentine is a city in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. Ainsworth is a city in Brown County, Nebraska, United States. O'Neill is a city in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3733 at the 2000 census. Neligh is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. Norfolk is a City in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha at the intersection of U Completed sections of the trail are crushed limestone. Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 There are 221 bridges on the trail; all bridges have been converted for recreational use. Two major bridges on the trail are a 1,300-foot (396 m) span over the Niobrara River and a 595-foot (181 m) bridge across Long Pine Creek. The Niobrara River ( Ponca: Ní Ubthátha kʰe ˌnĩ uˈbˡðaˡða kh meaning "water spread-out horizontal-the" Cheyenne: Hisse Yovi
The trail parallels US 20 and US 275 for its entire length. US Route 20 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies U US Route 275 is a north-south United States highway. It is a branch of US 75, originally terminating at that route in Council Bluffs Iowa. A variety of landscapes are found along the trail: the Pine Ridge, the Sandhills, and the valleys of the Niobrara River, Long Pine Creek and the Elkhorn River. The Pine Ridge is an Escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in far northwestern Nebraska (a small section extends into The Sand Hills is a region of mixed-grass Prairie in north-central Nebraska, covering just over one quarter of the state The Elkhorn River originates in the eastern Sandhills of Nebraska and is one of the largest Tributaries of the Platte River, joining the Platte
References
- ^ Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ( NGPC) is a public agency of the government of the State of Nebraska in the United States. Cowboy Trail Sections. Retrieved on 2006-12-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song.
External links
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - Cowboy Trail
- American Trails – An overview of Nebraska's Cowboy Trail
- Nebraska's Cowboy Trail: A User's Guide
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