Medicine Lodge Stockade (Medicine Lodge, Kansas)

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-3- item 424

Staff Only

Dates

1870-1900

Extent

From the Class: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: Medicine Lodge Stockade

Back: Stockade and Museum, 2 blocks west of Main St. on Hwy. 160, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Built in 1961 by local citizens, it is a replica of one built by the State of Kansas in 1874 to protect early settlers from Indians. Inside is housed one of the outstanding historical museums in the Midwest. The museum includes a well preserved log cabin.