Our Great Parks
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Park Type: National Monument
The Park is located in: NE
Address:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument c/o Scotts Bluff National Monument
PO Box 27
Gering, NE 69341-0027
Phone: 308/668-2211
Park Details:
Animal fossils in beds of sedimentary rock formed 19 million years ago by the compression of mud, clay and erosional materials deposited by water and wind are concentrated under the grass-covered Carnegie and University hills at Agate Fossill Beds. Native American artifacts document the visits of Chief Red Cloud and others to pioneer rancher James Cook from 1890-1940
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