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ACCOMMODATIONS FACILITIES & ACTIVITIES Chadron State Park has lodging accommodations to Activities are diverse, too, ranging from swimming fit your needs, with 22 rustic housekeeping cabins in the regulation-size pool to pedaling around the park nestled on the hillsides, blending into the natural lagoon in a paddleboat. The lagoon and Chadron landscape. Each cabin is furnished with bed linens, Creek offer excellent trout fishing. Horseback trail blankets and towels. Kitchenettes have stoves, rides provide more spectacular views of the area. refrigerators, silverware, cooking utensils and towels. Various crafts are on tap at the Chartran Trading Post, Cribs or roll-away beds are available for a small additional along with snacks and souvenirs. Visitors can savor fee, while extra linens are available for the asking. the history of the region with demonstrations of old- Lodging and camping reservations are accepted up time fur trader activities and black powder presentations. to one year in advance and are available on-line by You can even try your hand at archery. Groups of 20 telephone or in person during regular park office hours. or more can make arrangements for a buffalo stew cookout. Most activities are available from Memorial CAMPING weekend through Labor Day. Campers, too, will enjoy their stay at Chadron at the modern campground, complete with 30 amp PICNIC SHELTERS electrical hookups, showers, laundry, picnic tables, Five shelters are scattered throughout the park for grill, a playground for the kids and a dump station. a picnic lunch, family gathering, or rest stop. All offer Primitive camping is also available for tent camping scenic views and are equipped with tables, grills and and all camping is primitive during the off-season. trash barrels. Any of them may be reserved for group Rates vary depending on facilities. No camping is activities. permitted in the cabin area, only in the designated campground. Chadron participates in the ABOUT THE FUR TRADE Campground Host program and welcomes “hosts.” Exploring the vast, wild lands west of the Missouri River in the 19th Century, fur traders pushed into RESERVATIONS uncharted areas, building remote trading posts to Cabin reservations are accepted for two or more swap the Indian’s goods for furs. It took a fair and nights up to a year in advance of arrival date, and can courageous trader to be successful in these isolated Nebraska, it was formed during the Cenozoic Era, 65 be made on-line, by phone or in person during outposts. Such was Louis B. Chartran. His good million years ago. At the beginning of this period the regular park office hours. A two-night minimum stay is relationship with the Brule Sioux in the upper White Rocky Mountain and Black Hills uplifts began. As they required during peak season; unless it is a one night River valley earned him great respect. The town, park rose, erosion took place and the sediment eventually stay positioned between two prior reservations or a and creek bear his name, which changed over time to formed a tableland, the High Plains of which the Ridge walk in registration for that day’s business. Chadron. is a part. During the last million years, wind and water Half of the modern campsites at Chadron State park Somewhere under the waters of the city reservoir, eroded the High Plains, carving the present can be reserved prior to arrival; the remainder are just north of the park, is the site of Chartran’s trading topography of the Ridge. available on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations post, built in the winter of 1841-42. Owned by the Located on several overlapping geographical ranges may be made up to a year in advance of arrival date, Sibille and Adams Fur Trading Company, it was of bird and plant life, the Ridge boasts a great diversity and can be made on-online, by phone or in person. operated by Chartran until 1845, when the company of both flora and fauna. Over 80 species of trees, To make reservation online, go to sold out. This outpost was very similar to the nearby shrubs, wildflowers and grasses occur here, along www.OutdoorNebraska.org. Phone reservations can Bordeaux Trading Post, a replica of which can be seen with some 50 species of song, shore and game birds. be made through the Nebraska Game and Parks at the Museum of the Fur Trade, east of town. Commission call center at (402)471-1414. The PERMIT & LICENSES Reservation Call Center is open Monday-Friday, 9 am THE PINE RIDGE A valid Nebraska park entry permit is required for – 6 pm Central Time. An arch-shaped escarpment some 100 miles long all vehicles entering the park. Annual and daily There is a nonrefundable reservation fee for each and up to 20 miles wide, the Pine Ridge consists of permits are available at the park office, as are hunting site or cabin reserved by phone or in person. The intermingled stands of ponderosa pine and prairie. It and fishing permits and stamps. Some big game and reservation fee applies to each site or unit reserved, is rugged country with broken ridges, buttes and wild turkey permits may be available, depending on regardless of the length of time of the reservations. small streams. The northern edge of the High Plains in regulations.