Address Restricted, Harrison, Nebraska. County/parish: Sioux.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 30, 2013. NRIS 12001126.
18 contributing buildings. 64 contributing sites. 10 contributing structures.Also known as:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. The main features of the monument are a valley of the Niobrara River and the fossils found on Carnegie Hill and University Hill.
The area largely consists of grass-covered plains. Plants on the site include prairie sandreed, blue grama, little bluestem and needle and thread grass, and the wildflowers lupin, spiderwort, western wallflower and sunflowers.
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