[Illustration: SANTA FE TRAIL MARKER, WITH LOCAL INSCRIPTION.]
=Pawnee Capitol.= The old stone building erected at Pawnee for the capitol of Kansas still stands on the Fort Riley Reservation. In 1907 a subscription fund was raised and the money used to repair and restore the old building so that it will stand for many years as a relic of our early history.
[Illustration: OLD PAWNEE CAPITOL ON THE FORT RILEY MILITARY RESERVATION.]
=John Brown’s Battle Field.= The site of John Brown’s battle field at Osawatomie was purchased by the Woman’s Relief Corps of Kansas and presented to the State in 1909.
=Statues in the Hall of Fame.= Each State is permitted to place two statues in the Hall of Fame in the National Capitol at Washington. In 1905 one of the Kansas places was filled with a statue of John J. Ingalls, who was a Senator from this State from 1873 to 1891. In 1913 the other place was filled with a statue of George W. Glick, who was Governor of Kansas from 1883 to 1885.
=Other Monuments.= A number of monuments have been erected in various parts of the State in commemoration of noted persons or events. The John Brown monument at Osawatomie was dedicated on August 30, 1877. It bears two inscriptions: “In commemoration of those who, on the 30th of August, 1856, gave up their lives at the battle of Osawatomie in defense of freedom,” and, “This inscription is also in commemoration of the heroism of Captain John Brown, who commanded at the battle of Osawatomie, August 30, 1856; who died and conquered American slavery on the scaffold at Charlestown, Virginia, December 2, 1859.”
[Illustration: MARAIS DES CYGNES MONUMENT.]
A splendid monument has been erected in Linn County to mark the graves of the victims of the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
At Lawrence there is a monument bearing this inscription: “Dedicated to the memory of the one hundred and fifty citizens who, defenseless, fell victims to the inhuman ferocity of border guerrillas, led by the infamous Quantrill in his raid upon Lawrence, August 21, 1863. Erected May 30, 1895.”
A monument has been raised near Junction City in honor of the expedition of Coronado. There are several other monuments in the State commemorating the Spanish explorations of 1541-1542.