Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station Explained

Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station
Coordinates:39.1917°N -96.0617°W
Added:April 13, 1972
Refnum:72000521

Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station is a historic building in St. Marys, Kansas and associated with the Pottawatomie tribe.

It was built of stone in 1855 for use by government agents in paying a regular annuity to Pottawatomie tribe members who had agreed to move from the Great Lakes Region in exchange for reservation land in Kansas. It is the oldest surviving building in the town and county and the oldest part of St. Mary's Mission (Kansas). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=72000521}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station ]. National Park Service. June 11, 2018. With
  2. https://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Pottawatomie_PottawatomieIndianPayStationNR.pdf NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM