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This photograph represents the historic marker for the Kansas Historical site Pawnee Rock. The site, located in the southwest corner of Barton County, is about 100 yards from the old Santa Fe trail. It is considered sacred ground for the Pawnee Native Americans who held tribal councils on its flat top. For pioneers passing through the area, the landmark was considered a half way point of their journey and many would engrave their names into the stone. In 1909 through the efforts of the Woman's Kansas Day Club, the remaining portion of Pawnee Rock became a historic site. On May 24, 1915 the stone monument was dedicated before a crowd of some eight thousand onlookers. The site was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Creator: Kansas Division of Economic Development
Date: 1966
Item Number: 449517
Call Number: FK2.B2 .79*21
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 449517
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1960s - 1966
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee
Places - Cities and towns - Pawnee Rock
Places - Counties - Barton
Places - Historic sites - Pawnee Rock
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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