The Official Fort Larned Old Guard Newsletter

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
It my pleasure to announce that the Kansas Preservation Alliance, Inc., has selected the Fort Larned Old Guard for a 2007 Advocacy Award for preserving the Indian Village on Pawnee Fork. The awards will be presented at a reception during the Statewide Preservation Conference in Dodge City, May 10-12. The awards reception will be held at the Santa Fe Depot from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. We plan to be there. Anyone else who wishes to attend this reception is welcome, but we must RSVP before May 1 with names of those attending. If you will be there, please let me know and I will turn in the reservations.
This is a wonderful honor for all the work put forth by many people to preserve this important historic site. Such recognition will be helpful in preparing the nomination of the village site for a National Landmark and for transferring the property to the National Park Service.
Congratulations to all of us.
Leo E. Oliva, village site manager
Fort Larned Old Guard
February 17, 2007
Leo Oliva called Feb 17, 2007 and wanted to let us know that the 1867 "Indian Village on Pawnee Fork" site was voted onto the National Register of Historic Places today.
Next step is National Landmark status.
George Elmore
Park Ranger
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Indian Village Site
February 17, 2007
It is a pleasure to announce that the Kansas State Historic Sites Review Board approved the nomination of the Cheyenne and Sioux village site on Pawnee Fork for the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 2007. The nomination goes to the National Park Service for final approval for the National Register. We plan to submit an additional nomination to raise the status of the village site to a National Landmark. These processes all take time, and I thank all of you who have contributed to this effort. The vote was unanimous. If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know.
Thank you.
Leo E. Oliva
Village Site Manager for
Fort Larned Old Guard