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On South 1st Street at Palm Street, on the left when traveling south on South 1st Street.
Thomas "Black Jack" Ketchum, leader of a notorious band of train robbers, was wounded in August 1899 while trying to rob a train near Folsom. He surrendered the next day. He was tried and convicted under a law making train robbery a capital offense, . . . — — Map (db m55462) HM
On U.S. 412 at milepost 81, on the right when traveling east.
Trade caravans and homesteaders traveling the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail passed near here. Clayton was founded in 1887 and named for the son of cattleman and ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, one of its developers. It became a major livestock . . . — — Map (db m55209) HM
On U.S. 64 at milepost 428, on the right when traveling east.
Trade caravans and homesteaders traveling the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail passed near here. Clayton was founded in 1887 and named for the son of cattleman and ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, one of its developers. It became a major livestock . . . — — Map (db m55218) HM
On South 1st Street at Palm Street, on the left when traveling south on South 1st Street.
One of the best dinosaur track sites in the world can be viewed at Clayton Lake State Park. More than 500 fossilized footprints, made by at least eight kinds of dinosaurs, are visible on the lake’s spillway. These tracks were embedded in the mud . . . — — Map (db m55233) HM
On U.S. 412 at milepost 81, on the left when traveling east.
These two striking mounds were the first features to become visible to Santa Fe Trail traffic crossing into New Mexico from Oklahoma, and so became important landmarks for caravans.
From here, traffic on this major 19th century commercial route . . . — — Map (db m55217) HM
On U.S. 64 at milepost 428, on the right when traveling east.
These two striking mounds were the first features to become visible to Santa Fe Trail traffic crossing into New Mexico from Oklahoma, and so became important landmarks for caravans.
From here, traffic on this major 19th century commercial route . . . — — Map (db m55219) HM
On U.S. 56 at milepost 83.5, on the left when traveling east.
William Becknell, the first Santa Fe Trail trader, entered Santa Fe in 1821 after Mexico became independent from Spain and opened its frontier to foreign traders. The Mountain Branch over Raton Pass divided here. One fork turned to Cimarron, . . . — — Map (db m55235) HM
On U.S. 56 at milepost 83.5, on the left when traveling east.
Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Cutoff
The Santa Fe Trail was the major trade route between New Mexico and Missouri from 1821 until arrival of the railroad in 1880. The Cimarron Cutoff, a major branch of the Trail, passed through this portion of . . . — — Map (db m55236) HM
On U.S. 64/412, 0.1 miles east of North West Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Near where you are standing was
one of the great overland trade
routes of the 19th century.
Connecting Franklin, Missouri,
with Santa Fe, New Mexico, the
trail ran 900 miles through rough
terrain hostile to all but the hardiest
traders set . . . — — Map (db m162262) HM
