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Santa Fe Trail Historical Markers

This is an important trade route from New Franklin, Missouri (and parts west as the railroad moved west) to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trail was in use from 1822 until the late 1880s.
 
By Mark Hilton, June 27, 2018
Baca County Trails Marker near the Springfield Town Hall.
1 ► Colorado, Baca County, Springfield — Baca County Trails —
2 ► Colorado, Bent County, Hasty — Santa Fe Trail — Travelers through Time —
3 ► Colorado, Bent County, Hasty — Santa Fe Trail —
4 ► Colorado, Bent County, Las Animas — Santa Fe Trail — 1822 — 1872 —
5 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Model — The Santa Fe Trail —
6 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Corazón de Trinidad National Historic District —
7 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Invasion by the United States Army —
8 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail —
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9 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — 212 — Road to Santa Fe / Over the Pass / Santa Fe Trail Country / "Uncle Dick" Wootton —
10 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Santa Fe Trail —
11 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — The Mountain Called Fisher's Peak —
12 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — The Santa Fe Trail —
13 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Transportation on the Santa Fe Trail —
14 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Trinidad — Scenic Highway of Legends —
15 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Trinidad — Trinidad History Museum Complex —
16 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Bent's Fort on Santa Fe Trail —
17 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Santa Fe Trail —
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18 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Trail Sites to the East — Santa Fe National Historic Trail —
19 ► Colorado, Otero County, La Junta — Trail Sites to the West — Santa Fe National Historic Trail —
20 ► Colorado, Otero County, Timpas — Milestone —
21 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Holly — Explore Santa Fe Trail History —
22 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Holly — Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway — Colorado — The Mountain Branch —
23 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Big Timbers —
24 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Experience the Past on the Santa Fe Trail —
25 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Explore Big Timbers Region —
26 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Madonna of the Trail —
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27 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Santa Fe Trail — 1822 - 1872 — Reported permanently removed
28 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Santa Fe Trail — 1822-1872 —
29 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway — Colorado —
30 ► Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Santa Fe Trail, 1821-1880 —
31 ► Colorado, Pueblo County, Colorado City — Santa Fe and Taos Trails —
32 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Santa Fe Trail —
33 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Santa Fe Trail —
34 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Santa Fe Trail —
35 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Site of Fort Zarah — 1822 - 1872 —
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36 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Wild West Superhighway — Commerce on the Santa Fe Trail —
37 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock — Pawnee Rock —
38 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock — 71 — Pawnee Rock —
39 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock — Santa Fe Trail — 1822 - 1872 —
40 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock — 50 — Santa Fe Trail —
41 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — "A Point of Red Rocks" —
42 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — "A Rallying Point for the Indians" —
43 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — "A Remarkable Rocky Point" —
44 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — "Along Came the Line of Wagons" —
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45 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — “One of the Grandest Sights Ever Beheld” —
46 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — “One of the Grandest Sights Ever Beheld” —
47 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — Marking the Rock —
48 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — Santa Fe Trail — 1822 - 1872 —
49 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — Santa Fe Trail Monument —
50 ► Kansas, Barton County, Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock Township — William Becknell —
51 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — 8 — Baldwin —
52 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Black Jack Park —
53 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Ivan L. Boyd Memorial Prairie Preserve —
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54 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Palmyra —
55 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Palmyra Well —
56 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Santa Fe Trail —
57 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Santa Fe Trail —
58 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Baldwin City — Trail Park —
59 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Centropolis — Globe —
60 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Globe — Santa Fe Trail Crossed Here —
61 ► Kansas, Douglas County, Overbrook — Santa Fe Trail —
62 ► Kansas, Edwards County, Ardell — 58 — Santa Fe Trail —
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63 ► Kansas, Edwards County, Kinsley — 60 — Santa Fe Trail —
64 ► Kansas, Edwards County, Offerle — 61 — Santa Fe Trail —
65 ► Kansas, Edwards County, Offerle — The Dry Route of the Santa Fe Trail —
66 ► Kansas, Ellis County, Hays — Santa Fe Mail Company Depot — Hays City, Kansas —
67 ► Kansas, Finney County, Garden City — Santa Fe Trail — 1822-1872 —
68 ► Kansas, Finney County, Garden City — 73 — Santa Fe Trail —
69 ► Kansas, Finney County, Holcomb — Crossing of Santa Fe Trail —
70 ► Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City — Robert M. Wright —
71 ► Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City — 65 — Santa Fe Trail —
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72 ► Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City — 66 — Santa Fe Trail —
73 ► Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge — 75 — Fort Dodge —
74 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — A Fine Country… —
75 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — Campsite of the U.S. Survey Team Sept. 10-21, 1825 —
76 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — 67 — Santa Fe Trail — 1822 - 1872 — Reported missing
77 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — Santa Fe Trail Remains —
78 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — Santa Fe Trail Sites to the East —
79 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — Santa Fe Trail Sites to the West & South —
80 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — Santa Fe Trail, 1821 - 1880 —
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81 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — The Worst Piece of Road —
82 ► Kansas, Ford County, Howell — Trails on the Prairie —
83 ► Kansas, Ford County, Wright — 74 — The Road to Santa Fe —
84 ► Kansas, Grant County, Hugoton — 83 — Wagon Bed Springs —
85 ► Kansas, Gray County, Cimarron — Santa Fe Trail —
86 ► Kansas, Gray County, Cimarron — The Ranch at Cimarron Crossing — Cimarron Crossing Park and the Santa Fe Trail —
87 ► Kansas, Gray County, Cimarron — The Santa Fe Trail —
88 ► Kansas, Gray County, Cimarron — Travelers of the Santa Fe Trail Had a Choice to Make at this Point —
89 ► Kansas, Gray County, Ingalls — Santa Fe Trail —
90 ► Kansas, Gray County, Ingalls — Santa Fe Trail —
91 ► Kansas, Hamilton County, Coolidge — 83 — Santa Fe Trail —
92 ► Kansas, Hamilton County, Syracuse — Santa Fe Trail —
93 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — A Look Back in Time — The Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails once passed this way —
94 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — A Look Back in Time — The Santa Fe Trail stirs the imagination as few other historic trails —
95 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — Apprehension and Conflict —
96 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — Eye of the Needle —
97 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — Following Their Dreams —
98 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — From Prairie Schooners to Locomotives —
99 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — 6 — Overland Trails —
100 ► Kansas, Johnson County, Gardner — Santa Fe Trail —

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