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Louis Palenske photographed one of the most famous of all of the landmarks along the Oregon Trail, Independence Rock, a large granite formation where many early Oregon Trail travelers carved their names, initials and messages. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Creator: Palenske, Louis F., 1858-1943
Date: 1930-1936
Item Number: 441106
Call Number: Wabaunsee County Historical Society
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 441106
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wabaunsee County Historical Society - Louis Palenske Collection
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Date - 1930s
Environment - Landscape
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Panorama
Places - Other States - Wyoming
Transportation - Roads & Highways
Transportation - Trails - Oregon-California
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Panorama
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/441106