Ogden Monument Marker

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Fort Riley in Geary County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Ogden Monument

By Lee Hattabaugh, June 30, 2010

1. Ogden Monument Marker

Inscription. (West side)
Brevet Major
E.A. OGDEN
Assistant Quartermaster
U.S. Army
died at Fort Riley
Aug. 3rd 1855
Aged 44 years

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors: and their works do follow them.

(North side) On the site marked by this monument, MAJOR OGDEN, in 1855, opened a quarry from which was obtained stones used in the construction of the first permanent buildings erected at FORT RILEY

(South side) This monument is a duplicate of the OGDEN MONUMENT which until 1923 stood on the crest of hill three hundred yards north of this point and the stone on which this inscription is carved was taken from the original monument.

Location. 39° 3.849′ N, 96° 47.581′ W. Marker is in Fort Riley, Kansas, in Geary County. Marker is on Huebner Road 0.4 miles west of Sheridan Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Riley KS 66442, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Confederate POWs (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Cholera Epidemic of 1855 (about 500 feet away); Vanguard of Freedom (approx. 0.2 miles away); West Riding Hall / Polk Hall (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wounded Knee and Drexel Mission (approx. 0.3 miles away); To the United States Cavalry (approx. half a mile away); 9th Armored Division (approx. 0.6 miles away); Third Armored Field Artillery Battalion (approx. 0.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Fort Riley.

By Lee Hattabaugh, June 30, 2010

2. Ogden Monument Marker

North side

By Lee Hattabaugh, June 30, 2010

3. Ogden Monument Marker

South side

By Lee Hattabaugh, June 30, 2010

4. Ogden Monument Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 6, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 468 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 6, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.