Oakwood in Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
A Resting Place
Photographed By Jeremy Snow, March 26, 2024
1. A Resting Place Marker
The shared corridor of three major trails-the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California-once passed this way. Here on Hart Grove Creek, trail travelers stopped for water, wood, and a night's rest. Within a day's walk to the west was the Missouri state line, and until 1854, Indian lands, which were home to the Shawnee and Delaware tribes.
"We proceeded only about 10 miles, to the west side of Hart Grove creek, on the Santa Fe trail, 15 miles beyond Independence, near the western boundary line of Missouri. It is mostly a timber country here, with farms scattered here and there at considerable intervals."
- Obadiah Oakley, 1839
"Camped at 'Heart Grove' Jackson County near the Indian line twenty two miles from Independence on the Big blue" - Hiram O. Miller, traveling with the ill-fated Donner-Reed Party, 1846
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Starting in 1820, the Santa-Fe Trail was a road of commerce and travel for traders moving both east and west between Missouri and Santa Fe. Even after the Mexican province of New Mexico was added to the United States in 1848 at the end of the Mexican-American War, the trail remained an international road (via El Camino Real to Mexico City) for freighting, stagecoach travel, and mail service.
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California and Oregon National Historic Trails
The Oregon and California trails were routes west for people seeking fortune or new lives. From the late 1820s on, an estimated 300,000 fur traders, missionaries, settlers, and goldseekers followed these roads.
For some, the reward for the five-month trip included fertile Oregon farmlands or lucratie California gold fields Others, however, met failure, hardship, or even death.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior; 3-Trails West, Inc.; Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.
Location. 38° 56.996′ N, 94° 32.209′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Oakwood. Marker is on Hickman Mills Drive west of Marion Park Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9801 Hickman Mills Dr, Kansas City MO 64132, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. School Days (here, next to this marker); Where People Once Lived
Photographed By Jeremy Snow, March 26, 2024
2. A Resting Place Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 44 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
