El Cuartelejo
National Historic Landmark

El Cuartelejo

Scott City, Scott County, Kansas
Listed
October 14, 1966
Type
District
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
66000351

About this property

El Cuartelejo is a region in eastern Colorado and western Kansas where Plains Apache lived with Pueblo people. The region was settled by Plains Apache, but after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, Pueblo people, possibly Picuris, fled New Mexico north into Kansas by 1696, where they built a seven-room stone pueblo. Some people fled to the Arkansas River area of present-day Kiowa County, Colorado. Juan de Ulibarrí came to the Arkansas River area of Colorado in 1706 to capture and return Pueblo Native Americans who fled Nuevo Mexico in 1680. In Kansas, an archeological district is the site of a Plains Apache and Pueblo village. It is the northernmost pueblo and the only known one in Kansas. Located in Lake Scott State Park, the remains of the stone and adobe pueblo are situated 13 miles north of Scott City, Kansas, in Ladder Creek Canyon. On July 19, 1964, El Cuartelejo Archaeologist District (14SC1) was designated a National Historic Landmark. Of the 26 archaeological sites, most are from Apache of the Dismal River culture of precontact and post-contact periods from about 1450 until the mid-18th century. This group of Apache is called the Cuartelejo band.

Location

Scott City, Scott County, Kansas

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was El Cuartelejo listed on the National Register?

El Cuartelejo was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1966.

What type of historic resource is El Cuartelejo?

El Cuartelejo is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

Is El Cuartelejo a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. El Cuartelejo has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.

What is the period of significance for El Cuartelejo?

The period of significance for El Cuartelejo is recorded as the colonial era, specifically around 1680.

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