Cavalry Soldier & Indian shaking hands - Medicine Lodge, KS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 37° 16.920 W 098° 34.751
14S E 537304 N 4126239
Pay close attention and notice behind the Indian legs are the legs of a horse....just the hoofs and forelock...why?
Waymark Code: WMNGXJ
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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County of statue: Barber County
Location of stature: 200 North Main St., Middle School lawn, Medicine Lodge
Statue commissioned: 1927
Statue Erected: 1929
Statue erected by: US Government & Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Association

Plaque Text:

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.

"The Association found the exact boundaries of the old Indian stockade, which was the first step in building the historic Stockade Museum. They also commissioned a monument to be built to commemorate the Peace Council. That monument now stands on the northeast corner of First and Main Street, and has been there for 67 years." ~ DeDe Morgan-Vick, The Gyp Hill Premiere, 1994

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Peace Treaty Monument

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Commissioned: 1927 ~ Erected: 1929

Materials used: marble

Location: Middle School Lawn, Main St.
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