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By Gary D. Carter, circa September 2004 | |
| | | 1. Pawnee Rock Marker | | |
Inscription. A mile northeast is Pawnee Rock, a famous landmark on the Santa Fe Trail. Considered the mid-point of the long road between Missouri and New Mexico. Pawnee Rock was a symbol of challenges overcome. Many early travelers mentioned it in their journals, and many of them scratched their names into its soft surface. Here young Kit Carson, standing guard one dark night in 1826, is said to have shot his own mule, mistaking it for a Pawnee. Perhaps it was his unkind companions who named Pawnee Rock to commemorate the young mans blunder.
Freighters, soldiers, goldseekers, and emigrants admired the rock as they paraded by on the trail. In later years local settlers and railroad builders quarried the rock down to about half its original height. An overlook, monument, and historical signs now grace its reduced summit.
Erected by Erected by Kansas State Historical Society & Kansas Dept. of Transportation.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Santa Fe Trail marker series.
Location. 38° 15.509′ N, 98° 59.553′ W. Marker is near Pawnee Rock, Kansas, in Barton County. Marker is on U.S. 56, on the left when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is about one mile west of Pawnee Rock on US 56. Marker is in this post office area: Pawnee Rock KS 67567, United States of America. | | | | 
By Gary D. Carter, circa September 2004 | |
| | | 2. Pawnee Rock | | Taken from roadside about 1 mile east of the city of Pawnee Rock. Looking to northwest. | | |
Also see . . .
1. Pawnee Rock State Historical Site. (Submitted on October 1, 2008, by Gary D. Carter of King George, Virginia.)
2. Treasure Hunting on the Kansas Prairie - Pawnee Rock. (Submitted on October 1, 2008, by Gary D. Carter of King George, Virginia.)
Credits. This page originally submitted on September 25, 2008, by Gary D. Carter of King George, Virginia. This page has been viewed 671 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on September 25, 2008, by Gary D. Carter of King George, Virginia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Pictures of the overlook, monument, and historical signs now gracing its reduced summit. • Can you help? |
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