Independence Creek was noted as the main settlement of the Kanza Tribe as far back as 1673. By the time French explorer Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont arrived in 1724 this was considered an old village and the capital of the Kanza nation.
This . . . — — Map (db m52993) HM
The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped in this vicinity on July 4, 1804. In honor of the nation's 28th birthday, expedition members fired the swivel cannon on the bow of their keelboat once in the morning . . . — — Map (db m52994) HM
In honor of these
astronauts who perished
serving their country in space
on the Shuttle Columbia,
February 1, 2003
Rick D. Husband, Commander
Wiliam C. McCool, Pilot
Michael P. Anderson, Mission Specialist
David Brown, Mission . . . — — Map (db m47686) HM
Born in Leicester, Mass.
May 25, 1847
Died June 19, 1872
from the effect of a
railway accident.
Faithful unto death
Wisdom is the gray hair unto men
and an unspotted life is old age.
Erected by the men in the
service of the . . . — — Map (db m77749) HM
Long before white men settled Kansas, traffic over the Santa Fe trail was so heavy that troops were detailed to protect it from the Indians. Fort Leavenworth, established in 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth, was for thirty years the chief base of . . . — — Map (db m52956) HM
[Barber County Veteran Tiles]
Twin Towers Beam
This steel beam is from the Twin Towers that were destroyed by foreign terrorists on 9-11-01. New York City has donated it to the Barber County Veterans Memorial in remembrance of the lives . . . — — Map (db m65211) WM
This marks the home in Medicine Lodge of
Mrs. Carry A. Nation
who did outstanding work as a temperance crusader in Kansas.
Born Nov. 25, 1846.
Died June 9, 1911 — — Map (db m65194) HM
[Kiosk highlights sights
along the Byway]
[Historical section follows]
Ancient Hills
The Red Hills are unique to Kansas
Their distinctive color comes from
iron in the soil that "rusts"
Formed 100 million years ago from
red . . . — — Map (db m65212) HM
Settlers led by John Hutchinson first came to Medicine Lodge five years after the signing of the 1867 Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty. The town was named for the lodge used by the Kiowa to celebrate the Sun Dance. The settlement rapidly grew with a . . . — — Map (db m258700) HM
At Medicine Lodge Creek in 1867, as many as 15,000 Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Arapahos, and Cheyennes gathered with a seven-member peace commission escorted by U.S. soldiers to conduct one of the nation’s largest peace councils. The American . . . — — Map (db m65195) HM
In 1874, during a period of Indian Raids in Western and Southern Kansas, the Governor, Thomas A. Osborne, organized the Kansas State Guards. Sun City and Medicine Lodge furnished the companies for this section of the state. The Stockade was built . . . — — Map (db m65193) HM
Near this point was the Northwest Corner of the Medicine Lodge Stockade. According to records, the west line ran south down the present alley to a corner near where the Peoples Bank is now located. The south line was along the south side of the . . . — — Map (db m258439) HM
The Southwest Corner of the Original Stockade was located near this point. The Militia consisted of many young men who had no families, therefore they were kept scouting most of the time. There were over 100 miles of state line to guard. The outfit . . . — — Map (db m258593) HM
The Northeast Corner of the Medicine Lodge Stockade was located near this point. The Militia was commanded by Captain Ricker and John Mosely, who was second in command. The Militia had only one encounter with the Indians. This took place northwest . . . — — Map (db m258596) HM
Following the Civil War, westward expansion led to violence between settlers and Native tribes, prompting the U.S. to begin treaty talks. Representatives of five Southern Plains Indian tribes chose a meeting site where the present-day Medicine . . . — — Map (db m258699) HM
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. — — Map (db m65128) HM
The Merchants' and Drovers' Bank was the first bank in Medicine Lodge, established in October, 1880, by H.M. Hickman from Wellington. It closed on January 10, 1882. Two days later the Medicine Valley Bank was formed with Wylie Payne, President; . . . — — Map (db m65130) HM
In January, 1884, Medicine Lodge citizens organized a stock company to build a first class hotel. Standiford Youmans & Co., a local business, donated the three lots at the corner of Main Street and Washington Avenue. The bricks for the structure . . . — — Map (db m65192) HM
Teetotalers fought against the selling and consumption of alcohol in the mid-19th century, and nowhere was the temperance movement stronger than in Kansas. As a territory, local option laws for taverns were passed. These, along with other . . . — — Map (db m258698) HM
For thousands of years, Native Americans relied on this region's wildlife for sustenance. Early settlers, too, depended on bison, deer, and birds drawn to the region's reliable water and forage.
As settlements expanded, unregulated hunting . . . — — Map (db m95699) HM
Near midnight, on October 12, 1806, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike and his exploring party, headed to the Rockies, reached the Arkansas River just south of here. The explorers camped by the river for two weeks to rest their animals and lay in a . . . — — Map (db m95732) HM
When you think of Kansas, what pops into your mind? Prairie? Wheat? Dorothy? The Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway will forever reshape your image of this part of the "Sunflower State." This 77-mile Byway connects two of the world's . . . — — Map (db m95731) HM
"The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time; and the turtle dove, and the crane, and the swallow, observed the time of their coming" —Jeremiah (8:7)
For thousands of years, we have marveled at bird migration. How could . . . — — Map (db m95728) HM
Great Bend Army Air Field
April 1944 to December 1944
North Field Guam
December 1944 to September 1945
187 Missions
Kadena Okinawa
June 1950 to September 1953
251 Missions — — Map (db m66299) WM
Activated April 1, 1941
Deactivated October 22, 1946
Served with Distinction From Bases In
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Puerto Rico • Panama • Guatamala • Ecuador • Pratt, Kansas • Chakulia, India • . . . — — Map (db m66881) WM
Donated to the City of Great Bend this 18th day of Sept., 1956 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
History
Purchased in July 1919 from Baldwin Locomotive Works at Eddystone, Pennsylvania at a cost of $69,000. Used in . . . — — Map (db m59846) HM
Vernon Chandler • James Stevens
Wayne Christensen • George Lane
Neil Allen • Frank Hermes
Richard Ackerman • Harold Galbreath
Douglas Snook • Rutger Kindberg
Roy Kurre • Robert Tannehill
Andrew Kerzner — — Map (db m66300) WM
Jim Hall • Francis Thompson
Eugene Victor • Gerson Lacoff
John Segal • Don Leeper
Ernest Vick • John Keogh
Don Comer • Marv Beattie
John Tyrrell • Cecil Corley — — Map (db m66270) WM
Erected and dedicated by
Ira D. Brougher
Department Commander
to
Pap Thomas Post No. 52
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Kansas
Veterans of the War of
1861 - 1865
[Honor Roll of Post No. 52 Members]
[Honor Roll . . . — — Map (db m59159) WM
Robert Brett • Vonley R Bucklin
Thomas Cantwell • Roger Denis
Burmon Hoyle • Clarence Rarick
William Schomburg • Fred Sobaski
Richard Solt • David Sussman
Burdette Young — — Map (db m64279) WM
Charles "Deacon" Miller • Raymond Geiger
Ted Morrill • Ernest Keller
Carson Eckmann • Edward Hassig
Robert Foor • John Murray
A.L. Tilley • Archie Moore
Delmar Pfeiffer • Elmer (mascot) — — Map (db m66265) WM
In 1825 the Federal government surveyed the Santa Fe trail, great trade route from western Missouri to Santa Fe. Treaties with Kansas and Osage Indians safeguarded the eastern end of the road but Plains Tribes continued to make raids. Fort Zarah, at . . . — — Map (db m55315) HM
Tribute to Jack Kilby
There was a time when engineers who improved our daily lives and spawned global industries achieved enormous prominence and public attention. Henry Ford and his tin lizzie were recognized everywhere. Alexander . . . — — Map (db m66174) HM
Bernard Kiley Jr • Morris Schuurmans
Patrick Conaghan Jr • Henry Harper
Arthur Richards • Edward Tis
Cecil Saul • Gilbert Dunning
Milton Diley • James Husted
John Herring — — Map (db m66245) WM
World War II • Korea • Vietnam
Enlisted in USAAF - 1943
Native of Great Bend
Distinguished Service Medal - Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross - Air Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Accommendation Medal
Army . . . — — Map (db m64275) WM
In 1803 the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, although secretly still claimed by Spain. On July 15, 1806, Lt. Zebulon Pike, US Army, left St. Louis, Missouri, with 22 troops and 51 Indians. He was to make treaties with . . . — — Map (db m302511) HM
K.D. Thompson • Thomas F. Randle, Jr.
Thurman W. Sallade • Thomas L. Price
Vaughn A. Plevan* • S. Clay Sandhofer
Louis N. Decory • Charles O. Trabold
B. Keith Baldwin • Gordon K. Golden
Leroy J. Arents — — Map (db m64304) WM
Of the 12 original pilots chosen
for the B-29 program
the following were stationed
at Great Bend Army Air Field
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Marshall (Moe) Brown • Jack Doran
Archie Lewis • . . . — — Map (db m66877) WM
Roy H. Bruns • Roy B. Brown
Harold T. Bohham • Victor W. Bailey
Laurence A. Dryden • Richard H. Beardsley
Richard J. Rodrick • Victor E. Repp
C. "Mike" Williams • Herbert C. Dunn
Earle M. Bayne — — Map (db m64284) WM
Arapaho. Apache. Osage. Kiowa. Cheyenne. Comanche. Pawnee. Quivira. Wichita. All of these tribes lived in this region before Euro-American settlement, drawn to the land's bountiful wildlife, wild fruits, greens, and tubers (such as the prairie . . . — — Map (db m302600) HM
Imagine it's 1880, and you've just driven your family hundreds of wearying miles by wagon here to central Kansas. You’re anxious to build a house, but you're surrounded by unbroken prairie — not a stick of construction-grade wood in sight. With . . . — — Map (db m302598) HM
For thousands of years, Native Americans relied on this region's wildlife for sustenance. Early settlers, too, depended on bison, deer, and birds drawn to the region's reliable water and forage. As settlements expanded, unregulated hunting took . . . — — Map (db m302597) HM
Edmund G Smith POW • James Edward POW
Ray "Hap" Halloran POW • Robert Grace*
William Franz* • Guy H Knobel POW
John P Nicholson POW • Anthony Lukasiewicz*
Vito C Barbieri* • Robert Holladay*
Cecil T Laird* — — Map (db m64285) WM
Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, allowing the road to Santa Fe to open. This trail of commerce between Missouri and Mexico was a major international trade route. Economies were influenced from Mexico City to England. William Becknell . . . — — Map (db m302596) HM
"Lucky Irish" Gunner
73rd BW 497th BG 870th SQ
30 combat missions from Saipan.
Enroute home in the famous 52-mission
"Dauntless Dottie" which led the first
Saipan-Tokoyo [sic] Raid, the plane crashed
on Kwajalein, June 7, 1945
In . . . — — Map (db m66365) WM
In the history of most successful communities, there have been defining moments. Streetscape served as such a moment for this community. In the wake of the financial adversity of the preceding decade, this community united in common effort to . . . — — Map (db m59161) HM
Paul J Burnor • Kenneth W Fisher
John R Brown • Harold L Hadden
John M Williams • Raymond E Nelson
Frank O'Neil • Ellis W Conrad
Frank W Steed • Burrel S Lewis
James R McFayden — — Map (db m66878) WM
"The Chief" Hay • John Froehlich
Frank Pettibone • John Pearson
James Hunter • "Hap" Owens
Robert Beals • Robert Thill
Charles Burton • Bill Bostick
Al Ruester — — Map (db m66368) WM
The Arkansas River is one of America's iconic rivers, coursing 1,469 miles before merging with the Mississippi River. Here in central Kansas, its steady east-southeast flow is interrupted by a wide northward sweep called the “great bend.” The city . . . — — Map (db m302599) HM
[Panel] 1 The B-29 Memorial
Honoring the Past...
Educating the Future
The B-29 Memorial was built to honor the sacrifices made by people in the past to ensure freedom for future generations. Until the 1990s, the Great Bend Army Air . . . — — Map (db m69240) HM WM
John A Dunn* • Arwin C Hook*
John J Buckley III* • Rufus E. S. Henry*
Edward C. Johnston • John T Juracek Jr*
James E O'Donnell • Philip Wolk
Loney G Boggess • Ralph L Heffernan
Lloyd G McNamee — — Map (db m66269) WM
Nicolas Van Wingerden
William C Jennings* • Wendell F Geiwitz*
Albert E Woltz* • Uline C Miller
Thomas J Maxham* • Samuel E Davis*
Kenneth C Carlson* • Rex T Phelps*
Martin T Warner • Scott C Baker* — — Map (db m64300) WM
(east side)Dedicated to the Veterans of All Wars May 26, 1935 (west side)Erected by Morrison-McFadden Post № 3111 Great Bend, Kansas — — Map (db m156307) WM
Thomas Welch • James Johnson
Robert McKay • George Glover
Charles Vail • Robert McInerny
Allan Hanson • James Jones
Walter Grouten • James Vasbinder
Bob Kilburn • Hugh Polson
Am Reinhard — — Map (db m64286) WM
In the 1800s, the Santa Fe Trail was the Interstate-70 of the American West, and Conestoga wagons were its freight-hauling tractor trailers. Between 1822 and 1879, the trail was a commercial thoroughfare between Missouri and Santa Fe, guiding . . . — — Map (db m302743) HM
Dedicated to the memory of a man who was the "all american" citizen - total committment and devotion to his country, community and family above himself. He was a most active Chamber member and freely gave us his time, expertise and handy-man . . . — — Map (db m59845) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m55303) HM
"We first rode nearly north about a mile to a remarkable Rocky Point . . .We rode upon the top which is probably 50 feet above the plain below, and from whence there is a charming view of the country in every direction."
—George Sibley, . . . — — Map (db m64191) HM
We set out at the ushal time and at 8 miles West We passed point of Red Rocks about 600 yds from the river and at Eleven miles crossed the paney River….Some Cottenwood on the Banks and Some Bushis. the Red Rock is evidently a volcanic production . . . — — Map (db m64249) HM
No one actually knows how Pawnee Rock was named. Josiah Gregg, who had been over the Santa Fe Trail eight times beginning in 1831, wrote: the attention of the traveller is directed to the ‘Pawnee Rock' so called, it is said, on account of a . . . — — Map (db m64243) HM
From 1821 until late in the 1800s Pawnee Rock was a noted landmark along the Santa Fe Trail. Thousands of wagons lumbered and creaked by here carrying goods to or from the great American Southwest. Many travelers recorded their impressions of . . . — — Map (db m64245) HM
Slowly along came the line of wagons, and the prairie breeze brought us, in sound, faint and far between, the driver’s invocations to their mules.
Matthew C. Field, journalist
1839
From 1821 until the late 1860s the Santa Fe Trail ran . . . — — Map (db m64241) HM
Standing here 175 years ago Santa Fe Trail travelers looked out over a sea of grass. About three miles to the south a line of timber marked the Arkansas River which meandered across the prairie. A few plum thickets dotted the landscape, and an . . . — — Map (db m64203) HM
Standing here 175 years ago Santa Fe Trail travelers looked out over a sea of grass. About three miles to the south a line of timber marked the Arkansas River which meandered across the prairie. A few plum thickets dotted the landscape, and an . . . — — Map (db m64205) HM
Pawnee Rock changed very little for ten thousand years. The hill was grass-covered with a fifty-foot-high face on the southeast side in front of you. Wind, water, and vegetation slowly eroded the stone.
But Pawnee Rock has changed. The top of . . . — — Map (db m64242) HM
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 — — Map (db m64202) WM
In honor of the brave men and women
who passing over the old Santa Fe Trail,
endured the hardships of frontier life,
and blazed the path of civilization for posterity
Pawnee Rock, given to the State of Kansas
by Benj. P. Unruh,
in . . . — — Map (db m64248) HM
In memory of the
Heroes of '61-'65.
May the deeds of valor of
them and their comrades
forever inspire love of
liberty and country. — — Map (db m71280) WM
“I have now over 200 in camp, and they are in a most deplorable condition….I have a mother with her dying babe in my office. The rest are in camp, in a condition next to death. Most of them have no shelter….Your agent here has no funds, . . . — — Map (db m36270) HM
"But remember this, I am a girl, but I can fire a pistol and if ever the time comes I will send some of you to the place where there is 'weeping and knashing of teeth'...."
Gene Campbell, in a letter to James . . . — — Map (db m54075) HM
"The commands are given, the companies break into column....hardy, dashing looking fellows, those men, tanned up in their march from Fort Scott, from whence they have just joined us....The men are nearly all quite young....They are mounted on . . . — — Map (db m36137) HM
"I'm not leaving," Unsung Hero Carl Wilkens said these words and stood by them, as the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi was beginning in April of 1994. All foreigners were ordered to leave Rwanda, Africa, but Carl stayed. He was the only . . . — — Map (db m313768) HM
"Mother" Mary Bickerdyke (1817-1901)
A veteran of over 19 battles, Mary Bickerdyke revolutionized battlefield medicine and was known to soldiers as "Mother." As a compassionate role model, she prioritized life and health above all. In 1862, . . . — — Map (db m313761) HM
Known as "Mother" to soldiers, Unsung Hero Mary Bickerdyke was a Civil War nurse who revolutionized wartime medical care. A veteran of over 19 battles, Mary pledged her allegiance to life and health - not to the North or the South, making her . . . — — Map (db m313770) HM
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