Ogden Monument

Brevet Major E.A. OGDEN Assistant Quartermaster U.S. Army died at Fort Riley Aug. 3rd 1855 Aged 44 years And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors: and their works do follow them. On the site marked by this monument, MAJOR OGDEN, in 1855, opened a quarry from which was obtained stones used in the construction of the first permanent buildings erected at FORT RILEY This monument is a duplicate of the OGDEN MONUMENT which until 1923 stood on the crest of hill three hundred yards north of this point and the stone on which this inscription is carved was taken from the original monument.