=Marking of the Santa Fe Trail.= The Santa Fe Trail, which was associated with most of the early history of Kansas, was known throughout the country, but with the settlement of the State the old highway was growing dim; the ruts were filling in, grass was covering the broad track, and with the passing of those who knew it in the old days the true route was in danger of being forgotten. To prevent this, the Daughters of the American Revolution began, in the opening years of the present century, to agitate the question of marking the line of the Trail through the State. In 1905 the Legislature appropriated $1000 “for procuring suitable monuments for this purpose.” Kansas Day of 1906 was designated “Trail Day” in the public schools, and the children were invited to contribute a penny each toward the fund. They gave $584.40. Eighty-nine markers were purchased. Various local organizations added nine more, making a total of ninety-eight markers. They were placed along the Trail from the eastern to the western end of the State. They bear the inscription, “Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Kansas, 1906.” A few of the markers bear special inscriptions in addition to this. The one at Council Grove has on the other side, “On this spot, August 10, 1825, the treaty was made with the Osage Indians for the right of way of the Santa Fe Trail.” [Illustration: SANTA FE TRAIL MARKER, WITH LOCAL INSCRIPTION.] [Illustration: SANTA FE TRAIL MARKER.] =Pawnee Capitol.= The old stone building erected at Pawnee for the capitol of Kansas still stands on the Fort Riley Reservation. In 1907 a subscription fund was raised and the money used to repair and restore the old building so that it will stand for many years as a relic of our early history. [Illustration: OLD PAWNEE CAPITOL ON THE FORT RILEY MILITARY RESERVATION.] =John Brown’s Battle Field.= The site of John Brown’s battle field at Osawatomie was purchased by the Woman’s Relief Corps of Kansas and presented to the State in 1909. =Statues in the Hall of Fame.= Each State is permitted to place two statues in the Hall of Fame in the National Capitol at Washington. In 1905 one of the Kansas places was filled with a statue of John J. Ingalls, who was a Senator from this State from 1873 to 1891. In 1913 the other place was filled with a statue of George W. Glick, who was Governor of Kansas from 1883 to 1885. [Illustration: THE JOHN BROWN MONUMENT.]