Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias at Pawnee Rock in Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Creator: McDaniel, C. W.
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This is a panoramic photograph showing members of the Knights of Pythias Lodge posed on Pawnee Rock near Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Pawnee Rock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Pawnee Rock, Barton County, Kansas
Creator: Wittick, George B.
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
This stereograph shows a view of Pawnee Rock with several people standing along the top and bottom of the historic landmark. The site is located in the southwest corner of Barton County, about 100 yards from the old Santa Fe trail. It is considered sacred ground for the Pawnee Indians who held tribal councils on its flat top. Many of the plains tribes reportedly used it as an observation point to hunt for buffalo herds. For travelers 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. The original rock had been much larger but settlers have taken the stone for building use. In 1970 the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Pawnee Rock, Barton County, Kansas
Creator: Riddle, J. R.
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
This stereograph shows a view of Pawnee Rock with several people standing along the top and bottom of the historic landmark. The site is located in the southwest corner of Barton county, about 100 yards from the old Santa Fe trail. It is considered sacred ground for the Pawnee Indians who held tribal councils on its flat top. Many of the Plains tribes reportedly used it as an observation point to hunt for buffalo herds. For travelers 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. The original rock had been much larger but settlers have taken the stone for building use. In 1970 the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
View from Pawnee Rock with the city of Pawnee Rock in the background. Pawnee Rock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Date: After 1912
View of two women and a man posed at the Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Pawnee Rock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1940
View of Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Pawnee Rock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Through Quivira to El Dorado
Creator: Howes, Charles C.
Date: Between 1960 and 1961
This is a motion picture film showing a reenactment of wagons and other vehicles traveling on the Santa Fe Trail. The film was produced for the Kansas Statehood Centennial celebration. Among other things, the film highlights Fort Osage, the Shawnee Indian Mission, the Santa Fe Trail Memorial Highway, the Old Castle at Baldwin, the Post Office Oak and Last Chance Store at Council Grove, Fort Zarah, Pawnee Rock, the treaty of Medicine Lodge, Fort Dodge, the Cimarron Valley, the Point of Rocks, Wagon Mound, and Fort Union.