Founding Cairn - Scandia, KS
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YoSam.
N 39° 47.900 W 097° 47.178
14S E 603906 N 4406079
The Scandinavian and Bohemian (now Czech Republic) movement west.
Waymark Code: WM10JCM
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2019
Views: 1
County of cairn: Republic County
location of cairn: US-36, roadside park of the American Legion Post #193, just E. of Republic River Bridge, Scandia
Marker erected: 1938
Scandia Marker Text:
1868 -- NEW SCANDINAVIA FOUNDED BY THE -- 1938
SCANDINAVIAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY -- 9 - 15 - 1868
CITY OF SCANDIA INCORPORATED -- 4 - 1 - 1870
We dedicate this monument to you, our
PIONEER FATHERS AND MOTHERS
The first Colony House was located 200 feet West of this marker.
Cairn Location: roadside park
Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description)
Type if different from above list: Founding of society and migration
Types of rock: limestone
Cairn Condition: 
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