The site of a historic U.S. Army post along a river crossing used by Oregon Trail pioneers could become a housing addition by year's end. Camp Payne near Reshaw's Bridge in Evansville protected the strategic crossing of the North Platte River along the Oregon Trail. The site is now an empty lot prime for development, but some want to see it preserved for further excavation. An archaeological dig in the 1980s uncovered hundreds of artifacts, including military buttons and insignia, gun pieces, American Indian pottery and domesticated-animal bone fragments. But there has been little interest in the site since then, so the city sold the land. Developers have agreed to collect artifacts found during construction and stop work if any human remains are discovered.
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