Join us and special guests for this commemorative weekend. Saturday will include new exhibits and paintings by Jerry Thomas at the museum and gallery. Sunday: Walk with the Spirits is our annual commemoration of the Battle of Punished Woman's Fork. More details to follow regarding the hike with historians as well as dinner at Camp Christy with special guests.

Punished Woman’s Fork is about one mile south of Lake Scott State Park off of Hwy 95. A monument overlooks a cave, a canyon, and the bluffs where the Northern Cheyenne hid, waiting to ambush the U.S. Cavalry. In the battle that followed, Commanding Officer Lt. Col. William H. Lewis was mortally wounded, the last officer killed in military action in the state of Kansas. After the battle, the Northern Cheyenne fled during the night. This area has been designated a State and National historic site. Conditions have changed since the battle itself. The creek no longer flows as it did in 1878, but one can still sense the historic drama that took place here and can appreciate the desperate situation which led to this battle.