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Peace Treaty Memorial

 
 
Peace Treaty Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012
1. Peace Treaty Memorial Marker
Inscription.

To commemorate the signing of the peace treaties between the United States Government and the Five Tribes of Plains Indians at Medicine Lodge, Kans.
Oct. 21-28, 1867.

 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsIndigenous Peoples and CommunitiesPeaceWars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.
 
Location. 37° 16.921′ N, 98° 34.746′ W. Marker is in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in Barber County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Medicine Lodge KS 67104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, on the Southern Plains, and on the High Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Dust Bowl, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Medicine Lodge Stockade (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Medicine Lodge Stockade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The First National Bank (about 600 feet away); The Grand Hotel (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Medicine Lodge Stockade (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Medicine Lodge Stockade (approx. 0.2 miles away); Barber County Veterans Memorial
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Carry Nation Home (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medicine Lodge.
 
Also see . . .
1. Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty. (Submitted on May 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Treaty With the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache; October 21, 1867. (Submitted on May 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Peace Treaty Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012
2. Peace Treaty Memorial Statue
Peace Treaty Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012
3. Peace Treaty Memorial Statue
Peace Treaty Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012
4. Peace Treaty Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 797 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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