Indian Mound (Lakin, Kansas)
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Indian Mound is a natural land formation which overlooks the mostly dry river bed of the Arkansas River at what was Chouteau's Island.
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Indian Mound | |
Location | N. side of N. River Rd., six miles southwest of Lakin, Kearny County, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 37.895256°N 101.339184°W / 37.895256; -101.339184 |
Area | 4.02 acres (1.63 ha) |
MPS | Historic Resources of the Santa Fe Trail (2012) |
NRHP reference No. | 13000491[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 17, 2013 |
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It was a landmark used to distinguish between the Mountain route or the Cimarron route of the Santa Fe Trail.
It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Lakin, Kansas.[2]