Maxley-Moseley Historic Site, (sculpture).

Maxley-Moseley Historic Site, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Maxley-Moseley Historic Site, (sculpture).

Installed 1981.

Sculpture: molded concrete; Foundation: concrete.

Marker: approx. 20 3/4 x 40 x 5 1/2 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 42 in. x D. 12 in.

(Plaque on top of sculpture:) MAXLEY-MOSELEY HISTORIC SITE/Maxley and Moseley built and operated a trading/post in 1857 within 200 feet of this marker./On this site in 1865, the Kiowa, Commanche (sic),/Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Apache Nations signed/the Treaty of the Little Arkansas with the U.S./Government. Kit Carson, Black Kettle, Santanta,/Jesse Chisholm, and Lone Wolf were here with/thousands of Plains Indians and Federal troops./Historic marker erected 1981/By the Third Grade class of 1980-81/Pleasant Valley Elementary School unsigned

A marker with a relief depicting a scene in front of the historic Maxley-Moseley Trading Post. On the left, there are Indian teepees with a Native American on horseback in front of them. In the middle, there are two white men in what may be cavalry uniforms, with the seated man offering something to a Native American in front of him. In the background is the M & M Trading Post. To the right on the marker is a Native American sitting cross-legged and two other figures. Behind them is a figure with an outstretched arm, with figure behind him in a boat pulling in a fish.

Homage -- Moseley, Edmund H.

History -- United States -- Kansas

Ethnic -- Indian -- Kiowa

Ethnic -- Indian -- Comanche

Ethnic -- Indian -- Arapaho

Ethnic -- Indian -- Apache

Ethnic -- Indian -- Plains Indians

History -- United States -- Treaty of Little Arkansas

Architecture -- Commercial -- Store

Occupation -- Military

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Architecture -- Domestic -- Tepee

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita

Administered by City of Wichita, Department of Parks and Recreation, 455 North Main, 11th Floor, Wichita, Kansas 67202

Located On Fairfield Street, close to North Seneca & 61st, Wichita, Kansas

Edmund H. Moseley was the Wichita area's first trader. Maxley and Moseley built and operated a trading post in 1857 within 200 feet of the marker, catering to hunters, trappers, and Native Americans. In 1865, the Treaty of the Little Arkansas was signed on the site. The marker was erected in 1981 by the Third Grade Class of the 1980-1981 Pleasant Valley Elementary School, and may possibly have been designed by the class. IAS files contain a related except from "Bear Grease, Builders and Bandits," pg. 26-27, which differs from survey and plaque in its spelling of "Mosley."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994.

"Bear Grease, Builders and Bandits," pg. 26.

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