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This is a photograph of Castle Rock located near the Smoky Hill River in Gove County, Kansas. Castle Rock was a landmark on the Butterfield Overland Dispatch route. The chalk was deposited in the area by an ancient inland sea. The formation was formed by the weathering of the chalk by wind and water. It received its name because it is said to look like a castle rising above the prairie. Alexander Gardner photographed the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, as it was being built across Kansas. Along the route, he documented towns, forts, rivers, wildlife, plants, and landscape. This image is from a series Across the Continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 224729
Call Number: Alexander Gardner *09
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224729
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer) - Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Gove
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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