
Ka-Beam-Sa - Potawatomi Chief - Lexington, MO
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N 39° 11.198 W 093° 53.178
15S E 423455 N 4337861
Marker erected in the honor of Potawatomi Chief: Ka-Beam-Sa
Waymark Code: WM12CAR
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2020
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County of Memorial: Lafayette County
Location of Memorial: Highland Ave. & Commerce St., Lexington Garden Club Park, Lexington
Marker Erected by: The Kabance Family and Boy Scout Troop #318
Date marker Erected: August 2000
Plaque Text:
Trail of Death
Historic Marker
On October 26, 1838 about 800 Potawatomi Indians being forcibly removed from Indiana camped on the river bank opposite Lexington. They ferried the Missouri River on October 27 and were marched on to Northeast Kansas.
THIS MONUMENT IS IN MEMORY OF
KA-BEAM-SA
"Located beside the Madonna of the Trail statue on a hill by Missouri River on highway 13 at north edge Lexington. Erected in 2000 by Boy Scout Troop 318, sponsored by Galen Kabance, Pittsburg, Kansas, descendant of Ka-beam-sa, a Potawatomi chief." ~ Potawatomi Trail of Death Assn.