Looking Back

100 years ago

Today nearly every city and village along the old "Overland Trail" through Nebraska and Wyoming is celebrating the official opening of the Lincoln Highway. The route passed directly through Pine Bluffs, and at this place is only a few hundred feet from the old trail. The Pine Bluffs Methodist Episcopal church stands in the old original "Trail" and it would be a fitting tribute to the old travelers of the "Overland Trail" should a special service be held in that edifice this evening.

Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, according to information published by the Union Pacific Railroad company...