Mowry Bluff Archeological Site

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]

Mowry Bluff Archeological Site
LocationWestern side of Medicine Creek, immediately east of the center of Section 25, Township 5 North, Range 26 West[1]
Nearest cityCambridge, Nebraska
Coordinates40°22′19″N 100°13′26″W
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.74001115[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1974

References

  1. Wood, W. Raymond. "The Mowry Bluff Site, 25FT35". Plains Anthropologist 14.44 (1969): 3-6: 3.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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