Tim Johnson Postcard Collection
 

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FLSC_TJPC_01272017_0620

Description

This colorized photographic postcard features Pawnee Rock. This photo is a landscape and all of Pawnee rock is visible. There is a monument at the top of the hill. Cropland is in the foreground and a wagon with two horses is on the right side of the card. There is printed text at the bottom and on the back of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Pawnee Rock (Kan.), Barton County (Kan.), Natural rock formations, Rock formations, Limestone, Sedimentary rocks, Parks, Sculpture, Monuments & memorials

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This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Transcription

80352 Pawnee Rock, a Land Mark on the Old Santa Fe Trail, near Great Bend, Kansas Three or four miles from the Arkansas River, in the western part of the state, stands the most notable landmark on the Old Santa Fe Trail in Kansas. It is a bold projecting red sandstone cliff--the only massive rock on the Trail east of the mountains--and is known as Pawnee Rock. In early days it was a meeting place for the Indians and in later years the plainsmen made camp there. It's name is believed to have come from a band of Pawnee Indians who sought refuge there and were killed to the man after a three days' fight with Cheyennes, Araphoes, Commanches and a few Sioux. Through the efforts of the women of Kansas, Pawnee Rock has become a State Park and a monument has been erected on it.

Postcard: 80352 Pawnee Rock, A Land Mark on the Old Santa Fe Trail, Near Great Bend, Kansas

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