Cow Creek Station

Cow Creek Station (HM101A)

Location: Lyons, KS 67554 Rice County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 20.851', W 98° 16.566'

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One mile south is the hand-dug wel that served the U.S. Cavalry and Santa Fe Trail travelers in the 1860s.

For five days in July, 1864, 600 Indians besieged a trading post near the well and a wagon train nearby. When the attackers tried to overrun the post, "Buffalo Bill" Mathewson fired a field cannon into the midst of several on horseback and afoot, ending the siege.

A later "Buffalo Bill", William F. Cody, worked at the site briefly before moving in 1867 to Ellsworth, where he gained the cognomen by killing buffalo for railroad workers.
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HM NumberHM101A
Series This marker is part of the Santa Fe Trail series
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Placed ByRice County Historical Society and Rice County Bicentennial Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 8:42am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 563255 N 4244621
Decimal Degrees38.34751667, -98.27610000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 20.851', W 98° 16.566'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 20' 51.06" N, 98° 16' 33.96" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1192-1198 Ave M, Lyons KS 67554, US
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