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These photographs show the monument for the victims of the Last Indian Raid in Kansas. Located inside the Oberlin Cemetery in Oberlin, Kansas, the monument was erected by the State of Kansas and Decatur County to honor the memory of the nineteen settlers that were killed by a band of Northern Cheyenne Indians on September 30, 1878.
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
Item Number: 304861
Call Number: FK2.D1 O.64 *1-4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 304861
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Cemeteries and funeral services
Date - 1870s
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne - Northern Cheyenne
Places - Cities and towns - Oberlin
Places - Counties - Decatur
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Postcards
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/304861
