This 50 State Star celebrates
Nebraska - The Good Life
The NEBRASKA Star contains 51 Star caches, of which 50 are puzzles with a wherigo bonus. Each cache page will present Nebraska county trivia.
NEBRASKA FUN FACT
Garden County was formed in 1909 by popular vote. Voters in the general election of November 2, 1909, approved making the northern part of Deuel County into its own county. It is said that the county was so named in the hope that this land should become the garden of the West or with allusion to the "Garden of Eden".
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Ash Hollow is a focal point for understanding the geologic history of the Central Great Plains prior to the onset of the Great Ice Age. Much of the ancient valley-fill is exposed in cross section in the cliff faces along Ash Hollow. Some of the overlying hard ledges or mortar-beds probably represent hard-pan or caliche soils, and others contain fossil grass seeds and root-casts of yucca But the animals found in these rocks were very different, most of which became extinct before the Ice Age. These included camels, rhinoceroses, and _______?
A) long-jawed mastodons 084
B) giant ground sloths 112
C) saber tooth cats 156
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With its steep cliffs but good water supply, what picturesque canyon was both an obstacle and a blessing to pioneers?.
A) Dead Mans Drop Canyon 764
B) Rainbow Canyon 801
C) Ash Hollow 830
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