Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Oscar Micheaux
Jan. 2, 1884 - Mar. 25, 1951
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
1. Oscar Micheaux Marker
A man ahead of his time
Erected 1923 by Pap Thomas Post No. 52 G.A.R.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Entertainment. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
Location. 38° 22.122′ N, 98° 47.987′ W. Marker is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. It can be reached from Broadway Avenue. Marker is in Great Bend Cemetery, off Broadway east of Kansas Route 96. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4500 Broadway Avenue, Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Santa Fe Trail (approx. 1.9 miles away); Jack Kilby (approx. 1.9 miles away); ATSF Locomotive No. 3416 (approx. 1.9 miles away); a different marker also named Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Streetscape (approx. 1.9 miles away); Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Wild West Superhighway (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.
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Also see . . .
1. Oscar Micheaux. NAACP website entry (Submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Oscar Micheaux: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library. (Submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
via Silent London, unknown
2. Oscar Micheaux
Internet Movie Database website entry:
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
3. Oscar Micheaux Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 998 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on January 3, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
