§ 02 — OVERVIEW
The distinctive Red Buttes stand above Bessemer Bend, the last fording site of the North Platte River on the Oregon Trail. This river, which the emigrants had followed for hundreds of miles, now turned to the south and became impassable.
Toll ferries and bridges downstream of the Bend were established after 1847, but emigrants, including the handcart companies of 1856, who did not want to pay the tolls, used Bessemer Bend as a low-water crossing. There is a BLM interpretive site at the crossing. This site has a parking area, picnic tables, a vault toilet and an interpretive trail. It is a non-fee area and is ADA accessible.
§ 03 — CONDITIONS
National Weather Service · seven-day outlook · updated hourly
§ 04 — SIGNAL
FCC broadband data · actual signal varies in remote terrain
§ 05—08 — FROM THE FIELD
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§ 06 — REVIEWS
§ 07 — TRIP REPORTS
§ 08 — COMMUNITY PHOTOS
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§ 01 — VITALS
AT&T
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Based on FCC availability data. Actual signal may vary in remote terrain.
Tue
84°F
Partly Sunny
15 to 32 mph SW
Wed
75°F
Sunny
21 to 36 mph WSW
Thu
74°F
Sunny
9 to 16 mph W
Fri
85°F
Sunny
5 to 10 mph WSW
Sat
80°F
Sunny
9 mph N
Sun
72°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny
10 mph NNE
Mon
74°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
6 to 9 mph WNW
