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Claims, Indian Raid
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
These letters are from the Adjutant General's Office, settlers, and other Kansas citizens regarding the "Indian Raid" of 1878. These letters discuss the topic of reimbursement to settlers, churches, and other expenses incurred by the raid. It was the last raid in Kansas. A monument was erected in Oberlin, Kansas in honor of those who were killed.
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Father Padilla Monument, Council Grove, Kansas
Date: 1890-1931
These two photographs show people gathered at the Father Padilla Monument near Council Grove, Kansas before it was made permanent with mortar. The only identified people are George P. Morehouse (labeled #1) and Frank Lowes (#2) in photograph *16, which was probably taken in the 1890s. Photograph *17 was taken between 1925 and 1931.
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Grant, Ulysses S, Birthday Celebration
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885
These letters, spanning 1885, are from state offices and other individuals regarding the birthday celebration for Ulysses S. Grant to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters discuss the plans for the event as well as raising funds for a monument in honor of Grant. Among the letters is a copy of the proclamation for Martin to use to address the audience at the celebration. The celebration was held in front of the Kansas Capitol building on April 27th, 1885.
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Grant, Ulysses S, Monument Association
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from the Grant Monument Association and other individuals regarding the Ulysses S. Grant Monument to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters discuss the creation of the committee, the plans for the monument, the resolutions passed at the Grant Monument Association meetings, and responses to Martin's memorial address at Ulysses S. Grant's birthday celebration. In 1889, the monument was erected in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Grave marker, Rawlins County, Kansas
Date: 1979
The "Indian Boy" monument, marking the grave of a victim of the Northern Cheyenne attack on Sappa Creek, Rawlins County, Kansas, September 30, 1878, commonly referred to at the Last Indian Raid in Kansas. The photos were taken by William C. Piper.
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Madonna of the Trail, Council Grove, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: 1957
This photograph shows the Madonna of the Trail monument in Council Grove, Kansas. The National Society of the American Daughters of the Revolution (N.S.D.A.R.) commissioned the monument, which was dedicated to the "pioneer mothers of the covered wagon days" on September 7, 1928. The sculpture of a pioneer woman carrying an infant with a young child clinging to her skirt created by August Leimbach was placed in twelve states along the National Old Trails Road.
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Monuments, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
These photographs show "The Indian and the Buffalo," a Kansas Historical Marker located east of Garden City, in Finney County, Kansas.
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Monument to Major Ogden near Fort Riley, Kansas. 420 miles west of St. Louis Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
This stereograph shows the Major Edmund Augustus Ogden monument at Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas. There are two men standing and one man on horseback by the fence rail around the monument. It is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.
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Mount Rushmore, South Dakota under Construction
Creator: Palenske, Louis F., 1858-1943
Date: 1936-1938
While on one of his two photographic excursions to South Dakota, Louis Palenske photographed the construction of Mount Rushmore. In an unusual instance, Palenske rotated the Korona Panoramic View Camera vertically when he photographed the monument. Notice that workers are sculpting Lincoln's face in this view. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
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Multiple views of Ottawa Kansas in 1910
Date: 1910
A "Multiple View Card" showing the Lily Pond, Baptist Church, Main Street, Methodist Church, the Rohrbaugh theater, Washington School, Main Street Bridge, Marais des Cygnes River, Ottawa University, Library, Presbyterian Church, Jail and the Memorial Gate.
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Ogden monument at Fort Riley, Kansas
Creator: Post Exchange, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a postcard showing Ogden Monument at Fort Riley, Kansas. The postcard indicates the monument is the geographical center of the United States.
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Old Bell Monument, Council Grove, Kansas
Creator: Walker, Russell W.
Date: 1940s
This photograph shows a view of the Old Bell Monument, probably in the 1940s. The bell was brought from Leavenworth by ox-team between 1861 and 1863. The bell wasn't properly hung in the hilltop Belfry Tower until 1867. Before that residents struck it with a rock. Legend goes that it was once used as a warning bell, but later it was rung as a church and school bell and for a variety of community occasions until it was broken in 1884. The monument's cornerstone was laid on September 19, 1901.
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Old Bell Monument, Council Grove, Kansas
Date: 1901
These photographs show two views of the Old Bell Monument in 1901. The bell was brought from Leavenworth by ox-team between 1861 and 1863. The bell wasn't properly hung in the hilltop Belfry Tower until 1867. Before that residents struck it with a rock. Legend goes that it was once used as a warning bell, but later it was rung as a church and school bell and for a variety of community occasions until it was broken in 1884. The monument's cornerstone was laid on September 19, 1901.
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President Lincoln
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1865
These letters, spanning 1865, are from the State of Illinois Executive Department and the Kansas Executive Department regarding President Lincoln to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The departments wrote about the resolutions of the Board of the National Lincoln Monument Association and the appropriations needed from Kansas for the monument.
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Soldiers Monument, Cowley County, Kansas
Date: 1908
This photograph is a representation of the Soldiers Monument at Hope Cemetery in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas. The monument is made of granite, standing seventeen feet tall from the base of the square column to the soldier's cap. Inscribed on the monument is, "To The Memory Of the Unknown Soldiers, Sailors And Marines, Form '61 to '65". Dedicated on October 24, 1907, the monument cost $1,000 at time of creation and was erected by the Sunflower Club. The main address at the dedication was by Governor W.E. Stanley (1844-1910) who held office from 1899-1903.
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Soldier's Monument, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: 1917
This photograph represents the Soldier's Monument in Kinsley, Kansas. The monument was unveiled and decorated in 1917. Standing 24 feet high with an eight foot base, the monument is made of concrete and designed and erected by D.A. Lester.
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Views of Junction City, Kansas
Creator: Wheeler and Teitzel
Date: Between 1890 and 1897
This small photograph album was produced by Wheeler and Teitzel, photographers in Junction City, Kansas. It contains thirty-one photographs showing exterior views of buildings and structures in or near Junction City. The album includes pictures of the city hall and opera house, fifteen scenes of various business buildings, four railroad depots, two churches, three schoolhouses, a court house, the Ogden's Monument, the electric light and mill, and a view of Fort Riley.
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Washington Monument, Dedication of the
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
This letter, dated December 31, 1884, is from Albert Ordway, Chief of Staff, in regards to the dedication of the Washington Monument to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. Ordway enclosed the program for the dedication and requested a representative for Kansas at the ceremonies. The dedication of the Washington Monument was on February 21st, 1885.
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World War I monument in Leavenworth, Kansas
Creator: Tarr, Blair D., b. 1957
Date: July 19, 2003
This is a photograph of a World War I monument in Leavenworth, Kansas. An inscription at the bottom reads "In Grateful Memory of Our Veterans of All American Wars".
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