Santa Fe Depot

"Won't you be one of the 25,000 visitors at the Grand Canyon of Arizona this summer? It is the world's scenic wonder - nothing like it."

Santa Fe Railroad brochure, 1914.

The Santa Fe train whistle that was heard here on September ...

Santa Fe Trail

Father of the Santa Fe Trail

William Becknell led a small group out of Franklin in 1821 on the first trip along what would be known as the Santa Fe Trail. If his trip across the Great Plains was ...

Santa Fe Trail Marker

In March 1909, the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the Boonslick and Santa Fe Trails across the state of Missouri. This monument in New Franklin marks the end of the Boonslick Trail traversed by Daniel Boone and the beginning ...

Fort Union National Monument / Santa Fe Trail

1851-1891

Side A:

Fort Union National Monument 1851-1891

Once the largest post in the Southwest, Fort Union was established to control the Jicarilla Apaches and Utes, to protect the Santa Fe Trail, and to serve as a supply depot for other New Mexico ...

Santa Fe Trail

Side A:

The difficulty of bringing caravans over rocky and mountainous Raton Pass kept most wagon traffic on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail until the 1840's. Afterwards, the Mountain Branch, which here approaches Raton Pass, became ...

End of Santa Fe Trail

This stone marks the end of the

Santa Fe Trail

1822 – 1879

Marker is at the intersection of East San Francisco Street and Old Santa Fe Trail, on the left when traveling east on East San Francisco Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Santa Fe

On the Camino Real

Santa Fe, the oldest capital city in the United States, was established in 1610 as the seat of the Spanish colonial government for the Province of New Mexico. The Palace of the Governors, used by the Spanish, ...

Santa Fe Caboose #1323

The caboose was an office, a lookout, and a home away from home for a train crew.

In the days before automatic air brakes, the engineer signaled the caboose with his whistle when he wanted to slow down or stop. A ...

First Santa Fe Pack Train

1821 - 1921

In commemoration of the

home coming to Council Grove

June 27 - July 2

celebrating the

one hundredth anniversary

of the first pack train to pass

over the Santa Fe Trail,

led by Wm. Becknell

Marker is at the intersection of Mission Street and Main Street ...

Texan Santa Fe Expedition

A dramatic chapter in administration (1838-1841) of Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Aware of United State – Mexico commerce crossing Texas by the Santa Fe Trail near the Canadian River, President Lamar sought similar trade advantages for Texas.

He ...