Indian Cave State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area covering nearly along the Missouri River in southeast

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

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state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

preserves a cave with prehistoric

petroglyph A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...

s as well as the partially reconstructed village of St. Deroin established in 1853 as part of the former

Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation The Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation was established by the Fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien of 1830, which set aside a tract of land for the mixed-ancestry descendants of French-Canadian trappers and women of the Oto, Iowa, and Omaha, as well as ...

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lies south of Brownville and east of Shubert, straddling the county line between Nemaha and

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counties. Some of the carvings within Indian Cave are believed to be several thousand years old, but their exact period and cultural affiliations are undetermined. The park offers 22 miles of hiking and biking trails, 16 miles of equestrian trails, camping, picnic facilities, fishing areas, and boating access to the Missouri River.

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Indian Cave State Park
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Indian Cave State Park Map
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission {{authority control Missouri River Native American history of Nebraska State parks of Nebraska Pre-statehood history of Nebraska Protected areas established in 1962 1962 establishments in Nebraska Protected areas of Nemaha County, Nebraska Protected areas of Richardson County, Nebraska Rock art in North America Rock shelters in the United States