Ranger Sarah investigates more of the Blacksmith Shop at Fort Kearny State Historic Park.

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Ranger Sarah with one of the cannons located in the Blacksmith Shop at Fort Kearny State Historic Park.

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Ranger Sarah views the interior of the reconstructed blacksmith shop at Fort Kearny State Historic Park.

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Ranger Sarah visits with the chief standing outside the Blacksmith Shop at Fort Kearny State Historic Park. Ranger Sarah thinks the Chief needs to take a break, he looks tired.

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Ranger Sarah visits the Blacksmith Shop at Fort Kearny State Historic Park. The reconstructed blacksmith shop with period cannons, caissons, tack and other equipment

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Ranger Sarah is ready to travel west. Now all she needs is a horse to pull this wagon.
— at Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

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Ranger Sarah at the Historic Marker for Fort Kearny. Fort Kearny was the first Western military post built to protect emigrants on the trails west, and it later served as the headquarters for a number of small outposts along the emigrant trails. This military post was strategically located at a junction where various eastern feeder trails merged into one.

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Ranger Sarah takes a selfie at one of the Fort Kearny selfie stations. In the background is the rebuilt fort.
— at Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

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