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This stereograph shows Indian Cave on Mulberry Creek, Ellsworth County, Kansas. The photo was taken eleven miles northeast of Fort Harker and 494 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri. Fort Harker was located in present day Kanopolis, Kansas. There are three men standing at the opening of the cave. It is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 135
Call Number: Gardner Coll. No. 134
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 135
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer) - Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Environment - Geology - Caves
Environment - Water - Streams and Creeks
Places - Counties - Ellsworth
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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