Kinsley in Edwards County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Santa Fe Trail
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2022
1. Santa Fe Trail Marker
1822 - 1872
Erected 1906 by Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Kansas. (Marker Number 60.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Santa Fe Trail series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1822.
Location. 37° 55.057′ N, 99° 25.325′ W. Marker is in Kinsley, Kansas, in Edwards County. It is on U.S. 50 0.1 miles east of 90th Avenue (Winchester Avenue), on the left when traveling east. Marker is located directly in front of the Edwards County Historical Museum entrance. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kinsley KS 67547, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Edwards County Historical Society (a few steps from this marker); Locomotive No. 3424 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Battle of Coon Creek (approx. 3.1 miles away); a different marker also named Santa Fe Trail (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Dry Route of the Santa Fe Trail
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1. The Great Prairie Highway. National Park Service website entry:
From 1821 until 1846, the Santa Fe Trail was a two-way international commercial highway used by both Mexican and American traders. Then, in 1846, the Mexican-American War began, and a few months later, Americas Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail westward to successfully invade Mexico. After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war in 1848, the Santa Fe Trail became a national road connecting the more settled parts of the United States to the new southwest territories. Commercial freighting along the trail boomed to unheard-of levels, including considerable military freight hauling to supply the southwestern forts. The trail was also used by stagecoach lines, thousands of gold seekers heading to the California and Colorado gold fields, adventurers, missionaries, wealthy New Mexican families and emigrants.(Submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2022
2. Santa Fe Trail Marker
2. Santa Fe Trail Markers. Daughters of the American Revolution website entry:
The Marker was originally set in the southeast part of Kinsley, Kansas. Dedicated on September 3, 1907, the 33rd anniversary of the organization of Edwards County, it commemorates the June 18, 1848, Comanche attack on seventy-six Missouri Volunteers on their way to Mexico. The Missourians armed with breech loading carbines fought off three Comanche charges. In 2005, the Marker was moved to near the front door of the Edward County Museum on the east side of the Kinsley Midway Park.(Submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
3. Santa Fe Trail Association. Association website homepage:
In 1821, the Santa Fe Trail became America's first great international commercial highway, and for nearly sixty years thereafter was one of the nation's great routes of adventure and western expansion.(Submitted on January 14, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2022
3. Edwards County Historical Museum
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2022
4. Midway U.S.A. Kinsley, Kansas
Credits. This page was last revised on October 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 391 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 4. submitted on January 14, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
