Medicine Lodge Stockade (SW)
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 37° 16.770 W 098° 34.801
14S E 537231 N 4125961
Panic was setting in, stockade built to keep everyone safe, just like the wood forts back east.
Waymark Code: WM952X
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2010
Views: 7
Marker Erected by: The Medicine Lodge Guest Tax Committee
County of Marker: Barber County
Location of Marker: Washington Ave. & alley behind Peoples Bank, W. of Main St., Medicine Lodge
Marker Text:
The Southwest Corner of the Original Stockade was located near this point. The Militia consisted of many young men who had no families, therefore they were kept scouting most of the time. There were over 100 miles of state line to guard. The outfit and rations of a scout consisted of a Carbine rifle, 100 cartridges, bacon, sugar, coffee, and a grain sack that held five days rations and included army crackers. All of this was tied to the saddle with a frying pan and coffee bucket. The rations became pretty stale towards the end of their trip. The Militia's job was to guard and keep the territory from Caldwell to Dodge City, then south to the Cimarron River clear of any marauding bands of Indians.