Pawnee Rock Township in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Nehemiah Carson

1826 - 1846

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

1. Nehemiah Carson Marker

Inscription. Private
Company G 1st Regiment
Missouri Mounted Infantry
Mexican War

Pvt Carson died of some unknown illness
at this point on July 13, 1846
and was buried on the following day

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Mexican-American.

Location. 38° 16.323′ N, 98° 58.897′ W. Memorial is in Pawnee Rock, Kansas, in Barton County. It is in Pawnee Rock Township. It is on North Centre Street. Marker is near the east face of Pawnee Rock, at Pawnee Rock State Historical Site, off SW 112th Avenue/Center Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 625 N Centre St, Pawnee Rock KS 67567, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Southern Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

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markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: "Along Came the Line of Wagons" (a few steps from this marker); "A Point of Red Rocks" (a few steps from this marker); "A Rallying Point for the Indians" (within shouting distance of this marker); Santa Fe Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); William Becknell (within shouting distance of this marker); “One of the Grandest Sights Ever Beheld” (within shouting distance of this marker); Marking the Rock (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Santa Fe Trail (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pawnee Rock.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

2. Nehemiah Carson Marker

Pawnee Rock behind marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 852 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.