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This set of postcards show views of Pawnee Rock site, located in the southwest corner of Barton County, is about 100 yards from the Santa Fe trail. It is considered sacred ground for native Pawnee who held tribal councils on its flat top. For pioneers passing through the area, the landmark was considered a half way point of their journey and many would engrave their names into the stone. In 1909 through the efforts of the Woman's Kansas Day Club, the remaining portion of Pawnee Rock became a historic site. On May 24, 1915 the stone monument was dedicated before a crowd of some eight thousand onlookers. The site was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Date: 1907
Item Number: 530971
Call Number: FK2.B2.79 *7-9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 530971
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - Woman's Kansas Day Club
Date - 1900s - 1907
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Pawnee Rock
Places - Counties - Barton
Places - Historic sites - Pawnee Rock
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Postcards
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