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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: June 13, 2011
Caption:
Santa Fe Trail Marker (wide view; showing adjacent Fort Nichols marker on right) | Additional Description: Established in May 1865, by Kit Carson, hero of Valverde and Brig. Gen., New Mexico Volunteers, to guard Santa Fe Trail and furnish escorts for caravans engaged in Santa Fe trade. Santa Fe Trail crossed this highway here and was first traveled by William Becknell's expedition from Missouri in 1823.
Submitted: March 22, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p467508
File Size: 2.643 Megabytes
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