Santa Fe and Chisholm Trails

1822-1872 Santa Fe Trail

1867-1872 Chisholm Trail

[trail maps through local area]

Marker is at the intersection of 30th Avenue / Meridian and 210th Street, on the right when traveling north on 30th Avenue / Meridian.

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Santa Fe Trail

1822 - 1872

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[Part of the markers denoting the route of the trail]

Marker is on Broadway / 16th Road (Kansas Route 14/96) ½ mile south of American Road, on the right when traveling south.

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The French and the Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail extended nearly 1,000 miles overall from the Missouri River ports Southwest to Taos and Santa Fe. The first exploration and trading on the direct overland trail was conducted by the colonial French. The 1680 pueblo revolt ...

New Santa Fe / Trail Remnants

(black marker)

New Santa Fe, also known as Little Santa Fe, was not much more than an Indian settlement when the first wagon trains passed through on the Santa Fe Trail in the early 1820's. A popular stopping place because ...

Westport - Santa Fe Trail - Oregon / California Trail

Westport

Westport, along with Independence, was a major outfitting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails. Founded in 1834 by John C. McCoy and platted around the trading post he built the previous year, Westport's early fortunes were directly ...

Santa Fe Trail

Camino de Santa Fe

(limestone marker)

"A Highway Between Nations"

Sen. Thomas Hart Benton, 1825

(red granite marker)

Santa Fe Trail

1821 - 1872

Marked by the

Daugters of the

American Revolution

and the

State of Missouri

1909

New Santa ...

Santa Fe and Oregon Trails

Both the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails crossed here, northeast to southwest, beginning 1821. The trails took separate courses farther west. A route through Kansas Territory was opened north of here in the 1830's after the founding of Westport, Mo. ...

Santa Fe Trail

1822 - 1872

Marked by the

Daughters of the

American Revolution

and the

State of Kansas

1906

Marker is on Broadway (U.S. 56) near NE Trail Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Santa Fe Trail

This marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe 1822 - 1880.

Marker is at the intersection of Shawnee Street and Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on Shawnee Street.

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Santa Fe Trail

1822 - 1872

Marked by the

Daughters of the

American Revolution

and the

State of Kansas

1906

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Trail Crossing

Kansas Society

Council Oak Chapter

DAR - 1999

Marker is on U.S. 56 0.3 miles east of 1300th Road, on ...