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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11V7_abounds-with-beaver_Highland-KS.html
The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark journeyed up the Missouri River and passed through this area on July 9, 1804.
That evening, Clark wrote in his journal: "?passed the mouth of Creek on the L. S. called
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWB2_cooperation-and-conflict-on-the-trail_Highland-KS.html
Many diaries of travelers on the Oregon-California Trail speak of good relations with Native Americans. Indians helped travelers by delivering their letters, pulling their wagons up steep banks, teaching them about edible plants, and keeping watch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAV_the-iowa-sac-and-fox-mission_Highland-KS.html
The Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission was one of many Indian missions built in what is now Kansas between 1820 and 1862. Established in 1837 by Reverend Samuel and Eliza Irvin and Reverend William and Julia Hamilton, the mission was sponsored by the Presb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAU_the-wolf-river-crossing_Highland-KS.html
Before reaching the Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission wagon trains crossed the Wolf River. Travelers often encountered members of local Indian nations. Native Americans thought that some payment should be made to them for the use of their land. Travelers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAG_the-oregon-california-trail_Highland-KS.html
From the early 1840s to 1865 the Oregon-California Trail was the most important route for settlers traveling west. Wagon trains camped at the Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission to take advantage of the spring and the blacksmith. They were followed in the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAE_the-closing-of-the-mission_Highland-KS.html
The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 further reduced the size of Indian reservations. Too far removed from the tribes, the mission closed in 1863. Today both tribes have reservations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. The Sac & Fox also …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAC_a-dangerous-coexistence_Highland-KS.html
The Oregon-California Trail passed by the mission and trail ruts are still visible to the southeast of the building. Both tribes benefitted from the increased traffic by building a toll bridge. But with the travelers came small pox and cholera, ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAB_a-manual-training-school_Highland-KS.html
On average, 40 students lived at the mission. Irvin wrote, "Our custom is to rise at five o'clock in the morning, breakfast at six, have six hours at school in the day, commencing at nine, and the hours out of school are spent at work." Lessons we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAA_the-highland-presbyterian-mission_Highland-KS.html
In 1845 the missions board began construction of a building to house and educate the children of the Iowa and Sac & Fox tribes. Much larger than it is now, the mission was originally 106 feet long and contained 32 rooms, including a dining hall an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWA9_an-agricultural-mission_Highland-KS.html
The Presbyterian Board of Missions sent the Reverend Samuel M. Irvin to this area to establish an agricultural mission for the Iowa and Sac & Fox, who survived by hunting. Irvin tried to teach them to farm and raise livestock but had little succes…