Name/Title
Highland Presbyterian Mission, Native American School in 1838, Photos (2), 1958Entry/Object ID
P1992.1H.27Description
Highland Presbyterian Mission, Native American School in 1838, Photos (2), 1958. b/w. Photo of the 3-story brick school as restored by Kansas Historical Society. Shows the school from front with entrance in first level and wooden steps & porch at second level to right. Also photo of the historical marker at the site.
The Mission was opened to the public as the Native American Heritage Museum, but closed due to budget concerns in 2008. Located at 1737 Elgin Road, Highland, KS..
Historical Marker Text:
"Iowa, Sauk and Fox Indians of Missouri were removed by treaty to present Doniphan counting in 1837. With them came Samuel M. and Eliza Irvin, Presbyterian missionaries, who established a log cabin mission and school. In 1843 Irvin and his associate, William Hamilton, set up a press (the second in Kansas) to print school books and religious works in the Iowa language. A three-story stone and brick building of 32 rooms was completed in 1846 on a site one mile east and a little north of this sign. Here Indian pupils received elementary schooling and instruction in domestic arts, manual trades and agriculture. With the organization of Kansas as a territory the tribes were removed to diminished reserves and the mission was finally closed about 1863. A portion of the original building now houses a state museum.
Original digital scan located on History CD 02.Made/Created
Date made
1958Place
City
HighlandState/Province
KansasLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Native American, Iowa, Sac, Fox, Highland Presbyterian Mission, Native American Heritage Museum, Indian Territory, Indian MissionRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Samuel M. IrwinPerson or Organization
Eliza IrwinPerson or Organization
William HamiltonProvenance
Notes
Photo taken by Don Reynolds, SJM Staff photographer in 1958
