"One of the Grandest Sights Ever Beheld"

"One of the Grandest Sights Ever Beheld" (HM17LX)

Location: Pawnee Rock, KS 67567 Barton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 16.32', W 98° 58.927'

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Standing here 175 years ago Santa Fe Trail travelers looked out over a sea of grass. About three miles to the south a line of timber marked the Arkansas River which meandered across the prairie. A few plum thickets dotted the landscape, and an occasional thin line of trees traced the course of feeder streams. Otherwise, almost all that met the eye was grass and sky.

On July 8, 1846, Private Jacob S. Robinson described what he saw from the top of Pawnee Rock:
I witnessed one of the grandest sights ever beheld. [All ?] over the plain to the west and north was one vast herd of buffaloes; some in column, marching in their trails, others carelessly grazing. Every acre was covered, until in the dim distance the prairie became one black mass?extending to the horizion.

[Image caption reads] "Herd of Bison" by J. M. Stanley
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HM NumberHM17LX
Series This marker is part of the Santa Fe Trail series
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Placed ByKansas State Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 3:49pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 501564 N 4235994
Decimal Degrees38.27200000, -98.98211667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 16.32', W 98° 58.927'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 16' 19.20" N, 98° 58' 55.62" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100-102 Pawnee Rock State Park, Pawnee Rock KS 67567, US
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