In Scott County State Park three miles northwest is El Quartelejo, only known Indian pueblo in Kansas. About 1650, it is believed, Taos Indians migrated here to escape Spanish oppression. Later they were persuaded by the Spanish governor to return . . . — — Map (db m67917) HM
Formed in 1928 and chartered by Congress in 1984
In WWI a custom evolved to display red and white banners with a blue star for each living member of a family serving in the US Armed Forces.
A gold star was displayed on the banner to . . . — — Map (db m200827) HM WM
Dedicated in honor of
the men & women who
served our country &
those who made the
supreme sacrifice in
World Wars I-II
Korean & Vietnam
World War I
Ezra Conner Lloyd Crooks Orvis Hull Frederick O. Reese Lester Reid . . . — — Map (db m65977) WM
This marks the site of the last encounter in the State of Kansas between Native Americans and the United States Troops. Homesick and ill, the Northern Cheyenne under the leadership of Chief Dull Knife and Little Wolf were trying to return to . . . — — Map (db m65978) HM
Reconstructed here are the remains of a seven-room pueblo believed to have been built by Pueblo Indians from New Mexico. According to Spanish records Indians from Taos and Picuris Pueblos, fleeing Spanish rule, joined their Apache allies at a . . . — — Map (db m65952) HM
In 1899, when Prof. H. T. Martin of the University of Kansas made the first archeological excavations of El Cuartelejo, most of the lower part of the original stone work was still in place, as shown in this photograph. Evidences of several other . . . — — Map (db m65975) HM
This marks the site of the
Picurie Indian Pueblo
1604
which became an outpost
of Spanish civilization
and a rendezvous for
French traders prior to
1720 — — Map (db m65914) HM
Although El Cuartelejo is popularly associated with a Puebloan people, during most of its habitation it was actually used by a band of Plains Apache. They were descendants of Indians who came into the Plains from the North probably in late . . . — — Map (db m65954) HM
Stone from the surrounding hills was used to build El Cuartelejo pueblo. The walls were plastered inside and out with adobe and the roof was made of willow poles or brush covered with mud. When first excavated in abundant charcoal, burned tools . . . — — Map (db m65953) HM
