National Register Listing

Upper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow Trail of the California Road

a.k.a. Oak Creek Ruts on Ox Bow Trail;NeHBS BU00-73

Roughly, 4 mi. SE of Brainard, Brainard, NE
Local significance of the site:
Commerce; Military; Transportation; Exploration/settlement

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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