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This photograph shows the log cabin of Dr. Brewster Higley, author of "Home on the Range." Higley moved to Kansas around 1871 and established a homestead near Beaver Creek in Smith County, Kansas. He wrote the poem "My Western Home" while living in a dugout before building the one-story long cabin in 1875. Higley and composer Dan Kelley set to music in 1873 one of the most popular songs ever written "Home on the Range". On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" was officially recognized as the state song of Kansas. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Place in 1973 and restored in 2013 to its 1870s appearance.
Date: 1960
Item Number: 530658
Call Number: FK2. S8.79 *10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 530658
Built Environment - Materials - Wood - Log
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians - Composers
Date - 1960s - 1960
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Highley, Brewster M, 1822?-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Smith Center
Places - Counties - Smith
Type of Material - Photographs
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