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{{short description|Historic mission in Kansas, United States}}
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The '''Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site''', also known as the Highland Presbyterian Mission, is the site of a [[Mission (Christian)|mission]] that housed the children of two local tribes between 1845 and 1863.
The '''Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site''', also known as the '''Highland Presbyterian Mission''', is the site of a [[Mission (Christian)|mission]] that housed the children of two local tribes between 1845 and 1863.

A historic [[Presbyterian]] mission building at the site, near [[Highland, Kansas]], has been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1970, listed as '''Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission'''.<ref name=nris/>

The building served as a museum from 1996 to 2008. The museum reopened in 2022.

==Mission building==

The building is a three-story stone and brick building topped by a belfrey giving it total height of {{convert|52|ft|m}}. It is {{convert|106x37|ft|m}} in plan. The building was constructed in 1846 to replace an earlier building. The mission was used as a church and school by the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] in the area. The building added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1970.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=70000248}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission / Highland Presbyterian Mission |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author= |date= |accessdate=December 20, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=70000248|photos=y|title=three photos}}.</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
In 1836 [[William Clark]] (acting as superintendent of Indian affairs) negotiated a treaty with the [[Iowa people]] and the [[Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska]]. The treaty ceded all the tribal land from Missouri to the Missouri river for $7,500; in return the government promised to build five homes and provide goods and services to the tribes. When the tribes started moving to their new established grounds the missionaries had seen an opportunity to spread their word to people in "decline" and decided to set up a mission.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/iowa-and-sac-fox-mission/11847 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> The mission was known as "The loway and Sac Mission" by the missionaries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Before 1854, A Revised Annals, Part Nine - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-before-1854-a-revised-annals-part-nine/17907 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref>
In 1836 [[William Clark]] (acting as superintendent of Indian affairs) negotiated a treaty with the [[Iowa people]] and the [[Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska]]. The treaty ceded all the tribal land from Missouri to the Missouri river for $7,500; in return the government promised to build five homes and provide goods and services to the tribes. When the tribes started moving to their new established grounds the missionaries had seen an opportunity to spread their word to people in "decline" and decided to set up a mission.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/iowa-and-sac-fox-mission/11847 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> The mission was known as "The loway and Sac Mission" by the missionaries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Before 1854, A Revised Annals, Part Nine - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-before-1854-a-revised-annals-part-nine/17907 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref>


A [[Presbyterianism]] mission was established (1837) roughly {{convert|2|mile|spell=in}} from present day [[Highland, Kansas]] by [[Samuel M. Irvin]] and his wife before being joined by [[Reverend William Hamilton]].<ref name=":0" /> Irvin was sent to the Highland area by the [[Presbyterian Board of Missions]] to establish an agricultural mission for the Iowa and Sac & Fox people, who were traditionally hunters. Irvin tried to teach the tribes to raise livestock and farm. Since he had little success, the missions board changed its tactics to teach younger children in an attempt to change the cultures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Agricultural Mission Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47923 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>
A [[Presbyterianism]] mission was established (1837) roughly {{convert|2|mile|spell=in}} from present day [[Highland, Kansas]] by Samuel M. Irvin and his wife before being joined by Reverend William Hamilton.<ref name=":0" /> Irvin was sent to the Highland area by the [[Presbyterian Board of Missions]] to establish an agricultural mission for the Iowa and Sac & Fox people, who were traditionally hunters. Irvin tried to teach the tribes to raise livestock and farm. Since he had little success, the missions board changed its tactics to teach younger children in an attempt to change the cultures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Agricultural Mission Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47923 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>


The original mission building was a one-story log structure but a permanent structure was authorized by the presbyterian board of foreign missions in 1844 with the building being completed by 1846. The finished building was three stories high and a [[Belfry (architecture)]] that combined made a total height of 52 feet. The building footprint was 107 feet long by 37 feet long. The building was made of limestone and bricks manufactured on site.<ref name=":0" /> There were 32 rooms including a dining hall and chapel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Highland Presbyterian Mission Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47924 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>
The original mission building was a one-story log structure but a permanent structure was authorized by the presbyterian board of foreign missions in 1844 with the building being completed by July 1846. The finished building was three stories high and a [[Belfry (architecture)]] that combined made a total height of 52 feet. The building footprint was 107 feet long by 37 feet long. The building was made of limestone and bricks manufactured on site.<ref name=":0" /> There were 32 rooms including a dining hall and chapel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Highland Presbyterian Mission Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47924 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>


Samuel Irvin requested that the missionary board supply him with a printing press in order to print books and religious texts in the Iowa language; the press was approved and received at the mission in 1843.<ref name="kshs.org">{{Cite web |title=Notes on Imprints From Highland - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/notes-on-imprints-from-highland/12781 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> All lessons were taught in English and the Iowa language with common study topics including spelling, [[Arithmetic]], and geography and an emphasis on industrial, domestic, and farming skills.<ref name=":0" /> Irvin and Hamiliton printed several books in the Iowa language to aid in learning including ''An Elementary Book of the Ioway Language and a religious book called Original Hymns in the Ioway Language.''<ref name="kshs.org"/> Irvin and Hamilton had to develop a [[Syllabary]] for the Iowa language in order to translate and print the aforementioned books above.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Pioneer Printing of Kansas - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/pioneer-printing-of-kansas/12529 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> A small apology was included in the text explaining that any problems or defects found in the type were due to their inexperience as printmakers with little outside help. "Any defect, which may appear in the mechanical execution... our experience in the art has been acquired entirely in the Indian country, and without any instructor."<ref name=":1" /> nine titles were produced out of the mission and was the second printing press in the state of Kansas.<ref name=":1" />
Samuel Irvin requested that the missionary board supply him with a printing press in order to print books and religious texts in the Iowa language; the press was approved and received at the mission in 1843.<ref name="kshs.org">{{Cite web |title=Notes on Imprints From Highland - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/notes-on-imprints-from-highland/12781 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> All lessons were taught in English and the Iowa language with common study topics including spelling, [[Arithmetic]], and geography and an emphasis on industrial, domestic, and farming skills.<ref name=":0" /> Irvin and Hamiliton printed several books in the Iowa language to aid in learning including ''An Elementary Book of the Ioway Language and a religious book called Original Hymns in the Ioway Language.''<ref name="kshs.org"/> Irvin and Hamilton had to develop a [[Syllabary]] for the Iowa language in order to translate and print the aforementioned books above.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Pioneer Printing of Kansas - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/pioneer-printing-of-kansas/12529 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> A small apology was included in the text explaining that any problems or defects found in the type were due to their inexperience as printmakers with little outside help. "Any defect, which may appear in the mechanical execution... our experience in the art has been acquired entirely in the Indian country, and without any instructor."<ref name=":1" /> nine titles were produced out of the mission and was the second printing press in the state of Kansas.<ref name=":1" />
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[[Kansas–Nebraska Act]] (1854) brought further reductions to the Indian reservations and increased the distance between the mission and the reservations; this made it difficult for the tribes' children to attend causing the closure of the mission in 1863. In 1856 the mission had 44 students.<ref name="hmdb.org"/>
[[Kansas–Nebraska Act]] (1854) brought further reductions to the Indian reservations and increased the distance between the mission and the reservations; this made it difficult for the tribes' children to attend causing the closure of the mission in 1863. In 1856 the mission had 44 students.<ref name="hmdb.org"/>


The mission found new life as an orphanage and was operated from 1863 to 1866. The mission then sat empty from 1866 to 1868 until the western side of the building was razed to make [[Irvin Hall]] leaving only 40 percent of the original structure.<ref name=":0" />
The mission found new life as an orphanage and was operated from 1863 to 1866. The mission then sat empty from 1866 to 1868 until the western side of the building was razed to make a dormatory leaving only 40 percent of the original structure.<ref name=":0" />


the Northeast Kansas Historical Society decided to preserve the remaining portion of the building that had been acting as a private residence from 1905 to 1937. in 1941 the state had acquired the property and has been declared a state historical site since 1963. In 1996 the museum was renovated and reopened as a museum for native American arts until its closure in 2008.<ref name=":0" />
the Northeast Kansas Historical Society decided to preserve the remaining portion of the building that had been acting as a private residence from 1905 to 1937. in 1941 the state had acquired the property and has been declared a state historical site since 1963. The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1970.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=70000248}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission / Highland Presbyterian Mission |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author= |date= |accessdate=December 20, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=70000248|photos=y|title=three photos}}.</ref> In 1996 the museum was renovated and reopened as a museum for native American arts until its closure in 2008.<ref name=":0" />


In 2021 the state relinquished control of the property to the Iowa tribe of Kansas and became part of the Ioway Tribal National Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission at Highland KS {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/iowasacfoxmission/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> The Museum was reopened in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission at Highland KS {{!}} The Mission will start summer hours 10-4 on Tuesday, May 31, the day AFTER Memorial Day |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/iowasacfoxmission/posts/3260795240808508/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021 the state relinquished control of the property to the Iowa tribe of Kansas and became part of the Ioway Tribal National Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission at Highland KS {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/iowasacfoxmission/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> The Museum was reopened in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission at Highland KS {{!}} The Mission will start summer hours 10-4 on Tuesday, May 31, the day AFTER Memorial Day |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/iowasacfoxmission/posts/3260795240808508/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>


The site is located {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} east of [[Highland, Kansas|Highland]] on 240th Road and {{convert|.2|mi|km}} north on Elgin Road.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
== Notable Residents ==
[[Sophie Rubeti]] was part of the Sac tribe and lived at the mission under the teachings of the reverend. Sophie eventually built up a fund of 200 dollars that she handed over to a trust company in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]] which upon her death would give half to [[Highland Community College (Kansas)]] and the other half to "teach little children to follow Christ." Sophie died shortly after her eighteenth birthday of [[Tuberculosis]] resulting in a fund being set up to build Rubeti lodge and the trust funds being ceded to the recipients. Rubeti Lodge was razed in 1978 and the bricks from the fireplace were relocated to Highland Community College to form Rubeti Monument.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rubeti Memorial Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47797 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>

See also
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*[[Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20161203172710/https://www.kshs.org/p/iowa-and-sac-fox-mission/19575
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203172710/https://www.kshs.org/p/iowa-and-sac-fox-mission/19575 Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission - Kansas Historical Society]
*[http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/iowa-and-sac-fox-mission/11847 Historical information]

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Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission
Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site is located in Kansas
Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site
Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site is located in the United States
Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site
Location1737 Elgin Rd., near Highland, Kansas
Coordinates39°51′51″N 95°13′45″W / 39.86417°N 95.22917°W / 39.86417; -95.22917
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1846
NRHP reference No.70000248[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1970

The Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site, also known as the Highland Presbyterian Mission, is the site of a mission that housed the children of two local tribes between 1845 and 1863.

A historic Presbyterian mission building at the site, near Highland, Kansas, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1970, listed as Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission.[1]

The building served as a museum from 1996 to 2008. The museum reopened in 2022.

Mission building

The building is a three-story stone and brick building topped by a belfrey giving it total height of 52 feet (16 m). It is 106 by 37 feet (32 m × 11 m) in plan. The building was constructed in 1846 to replace an earlier building. The mission was used as a church and school by the Native Americans in the area. The building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1][2]

History

In 1836 William Clark (acting as superintendent of Indian affairs) negotiated a treaty with the Iowa people and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. The treaty ceded all the tribal land from Missouri to the Missouri river for $7,500; in return the government promised to build five homes and provide goods and services to the tribes. When the tribes started moving to their new established grounds the missionaries had seen an opportunity to spread their word to people in "decline" and decided to set up a mission.[3] The mission was known as "The loway and Sac Mission" by the missionaries.[4]

A Presbyterianism mission was established (1837) roughly two miles (3.2 km) from present day Highland, Kansas by Samuel M. Irvin and his wife before being joined by Reverend William Hamilton.[3] Irvin was sent to the Highland area by the Presbyterian Board of Missions to establish an agricultural mission for the Iowa and Sac & Fox people, who were traditionally hunters. Irvin tried to teach the tribes to raise livestock and farm. Since he had little success, the missions board changed its tactics to teach younger children in an attempt to change the cultures.[5]

The original mission building was a one-story log structure but a permanent structure was authorized by the presbyterian board of foreign missions in 1844 with the building being completed by July 1846. The finished building was three stories high and a Belfry (architecture) that combined made a total height of 52 feet. The building footprint was 107 feet long by 37 feet long. The building was made of limestone and bricks manufactured on site.[3] There were 32 rooms including a dining hall and chapel.[6]

Samuel Irvin requested that the missionary board supply him with a printing press in order to print books and religious texts in the Iowa language; the press was approved and received at the mission in 1843.[7] All lessons were taught in English and the Iowa language with common study topics including spelling, Arithmetic, and geography and an emphasis on industrial, domestic, and farming skills.[3] Irvin and Hamiliton printed several books in the Iowa language to aid in learning including An Elementary Book of the Ioway Language and a religious book called Original Hymns in the Ioway Language.[7] Irvin and Hamilton had to develop a Syllabary for the Iowa language in order to translate and print the aforementioned books above.[8] A small apology was included in the text explaining that any problems or defects found in the type were due to their inexperience as printmakers with little outside help. "Any defect, which may appear in the mechanical execution... our experience in the art has been acquired entirely in the Indian country, and without any instructor."[8] nine titles were produced out of the mission and was the second printing press in the state of Kansas.[8]

The mission's main goal was to dissuade tribal culture and transform the Indians into self-sufficient farmers with Christian beliefs.[9] On average about 40 students lived at the mission. a typical day at the mission is waking up at 5am, having 6 hours of school from 9 am and all non-school hours spent at work under Irvin's leadership.[10] Girls were taught homemaking and housekeeping by Mrs. Eliza Irvin.[11]

from the early 1840s to 1965 the Oregon Trail was active with the mission acting as a lucrative destination due its position on the trail.[12] The tribes benefited by charging a toll over their bridge but the travelers who came through brought diseases along with them. Diseases such as smallpox and cholera caused epidemics causing the tribes to move away from the mission.[13]

Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854) brought further reductions to the Indian reservations and increased the distance between the mission and the reservations; this made it difficult for the tribes' children to attend causing the closure of the mission in 1863. In 1856 the mission had 44 students.[9]

The mission found new life as an orphanage and was operated from 1863 to 1866. The mission then sat empty from 1866 to 1868 until the western side of the building was razed to make a dormatory leaving only 40 percent of the original structure.[3]

the Northeast Kansas Historical Society decided to preserve the remaining portion of the building that had been acting as a private residence from 1905 to 1937. in 1941 the state had acquired the property and has been declared a state historical site since 1963. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1][2] In 1996 the museum was renovated and reopened as a museum for native American arts until its closure in 2008.[3]

In 2021 the state relinquished control of the property to the Iowa tribe of Kansas and became part of the Ioway Tribal National Park.[14] The Museum was reopened in 2022.[15]

The site is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Highland on 240th Road and .2 miles (0.32 km) north on Elgin Road.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission / Highland Presbyterian Mission". National Park Service. Retrieved December 20, 2017. With three photos.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  4. ^ "Kansas Before 1854, A Revised Annals, Part Nine - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  5. ^ "An Agricultural Mission Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  6. ^ "The Highland Presbyterian Mission Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  7. ^ a b "Notes on Imprints From Highland - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  8. ^ a b c "Pioneer Printing of Kansas - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  9. ^ a b "The Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  10. ^ "A Manual Training School Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  11. ^ "Samuel M. Irvin". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  12. ^ "The Oregon-California Trail Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  13. ^ "A Dangerous Coexistence Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  14. ^ "Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission at Highland KS | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  15. ^ "Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission at Highland KS | The Mission will start summer hours 10-4 on Tuesday, May 31, the day AFTER Memorial Day". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.

External links

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