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This set of photographs show views of Pawnee Rock. The site is located in the southwest corner of Barton County, about 100 yards from the old Santa Fe trail. It is considered sacred ground for the Pawnee Native Americans 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.
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: Between May 29, 1948 and February 01, 1955
Item Number: 530972
Call Number: FK2.B2.79 *15-18
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 530972
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Ethnic Heritage - Native American
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - Woman's Kansas Day Club
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Environment - Landscape
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
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Postcards
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