stream Go about a quarter of a mile to the light and turn right on NM 503. The Hall of Fame recognizes those individuals who traveled the Santa Fe Trail during its historic period and/or made a significant contribution to, or impact on, the Santa Fe Trail. With the establishment of new Missouri River landings and trailhead towns in the greater Kansas City area, the Santa Fe Trail evolved to follow three main alternate routes through the area. Compiled & edited by Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, updated September 2022. * Drive south on John F. Kennedy Memorial Hwy to the state line of Colorado and New Mexico, where the Colorado section ends. 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Join Deb Goodrich and Michael Martin Murphey each week for "Tales of the Trail" podcast, hosted by Truckers Radio USA. The pass is a historically significant landmark on the Santa Fe Trail, a major 19th-century settlement route between Kansas City, Missouri and Santa Fe. The rebels defeated and executed governor Albino Perez, but were later ousted by the forces of Rio Abajo (the lower Rio Grande, or southern New Mexico) led by Manuel Armijo.[7]. One of America's first great trade routes, the Santa Fe Trail was critical to our country's westward expansion. 401 Old Santa Fe Trail <>/XObject<>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> * Return to I-25 and travel southwest. High in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains some 40 miles north of Santa Fe, El Santuario de Chimay is considered one of the truly holy places in America. The railroad began to discount such trips to visit its land offices and gave back the ticket price as part of the purchase price, if a sale was concluded. Because of its many deep canyons, the Canadian River had one favorable rocky crossing point that saved much time for anyone traveling in the area. The trail was later incorporated into parts of the National Old Trails Road and U.S. Route 66. Though the crossing of Turkey Creek was difficult, the site had water, a nearby supply of wood, and good grazing land, making it a better campsite for Santa Fe Trail travelers than McNees Crossing. The newspapers reported that Americans and Mexicans were outraged by the crime. After Warfield headed toward the Rockies with a companion, McDaniel led a robbery in April 1843 (in present-day Rice County, Kansas) of a lightly defended Santa Fe Trail trading caravan. Driving Directions You'll find museums, interpretive centers, and historic sites that provide information and interpretation. Inside the Trail Days Cafe dining room. Logged entry created: 8/2/2014 by dramaman59 When a railroad bridge was built across the Missouri River to connect eastern markets to the Dodge City cattle trail and Colorado coal mines, the railroad spurred the growth of Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas Sampler Foundation is a public non-profit 501(C)(3) organization. The Santa Fe Trail, the principal trade route connecting the eastern United States and the Southwest, was one of the most successful solutions to that challenge. The next stop is the turquoise and stone mining town of Cerrillos, with the oldest known mine in North America. Santa Fe, NM 87501 Several landmarks could be viewed from here, including Rabbit Ears, Mt. Why take the fast-paced interstate between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, when you can take an adventure into the past along the Turquoise Trail? It was a major steering point for the traders. Houston agreed, provided the operation be conducted under the strictest secrecy. 2 0 obj _____ Then, at the time of the Louisiana regime, under French and then Spanish sovereignty, the French traders Pierre Antoine and Paul Mallet made a first trip in 1739 and 1740, starting also from Kaskaskia, Illinois, reaching Santa Fe and returning. West of Independence, it roughly followed the route of U.S. Route 56 from near the town of Olathe to the western border of Kansas. The outcropping of rocks and a mesa provided a spring for water and plentiful game. [3], In 1846, during the MexicanAmerican War, the United States Army used the Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico.[4]. A few days later a similar treaty was signed by the Kaw tribe. The National Park Service Geographic Resources Program hosts an interactive trails map viewer. Services animals are allowed at all locations. Santa Fe was near the end of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro which carried trade from Mexico City. ###Springer, NM to NM/OK Border### The actual trail route is crossed in several places, by US 50, a railroad right-of-way, and irrigation ditches. 3 0 obj The Santa Fe Trail Landmark Tour is a cooperative effort between Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area, the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council, and the Santa Fe Trail Historical Society of Douglas County. Golondrinas.org. Dodge/Cimarron Chapter Markers, Explore the Santa Fe Trail online with the SFTA Interactive Trail Map! In 1867, Hays built a private residence, The Seth Hays Home, where soon will stand a statue of Hays and adopted daughter Kitty. They were used as a landmark for wagon trains, but they were not as important a landmark as the more visible Wagon Mound immediately to the east. After Louisiana was sold to the United States in 1803 (Louisiana Purchase), Americans improved and publicized the Santa Fe Trail beginning in 1822, in order to take advantage of new trade opportunities with Mexico which had just won independence from Spain in the Mexican War of Independence. Look under Mapping and Marking along the top navigation bar for more Santa Fe Trail-associated maps. The park is 3.5 miles southwest of Council Grove. * Continue west to Potter Dr. and then southwest to John F. Kennedy Memorial Hwy. For a mobile-friendly map, click here. One of the most documented crossings on the Santa Fe Trail, caravans could cross this site in inclement weather because the river bed consisted of bedrock, not mud, as in other crossings along the Trail. * Take NM-453 north to Grenville. SFTA Photo Release Form, Nominate someone to the Santa Fe Trail Hall of Fame, "Kansas Historical Society Virtual Classroom featuring the Santa Fe Trail". Council Grove is a Tree City USA, a guide to the historic trees is available. Round Mound Round Mound is about 4 miles south of the intersection of US Highway 64/87 and New Mexico Highway 120 at Grenville, New Mexico. Main Street of Council Grove is the actual path of the old Santa Fe Road where today you see the historic architecture of shops and restaurants. * Turn left onto NM-21 and go to Springer, where the byway branches south and east. [12][13][14][15] The route across Missouri first used by Becknell followed portions of the existing Osage Trace and the Medicine Trails. Completed by volunteers in 1998, the Neosho Riverwalk gives you a birdseye view of the historic Neosho River crossing. Priceless ornaments and paintings adorn the interior of the mission. Driving Directions * From there, get on US-85 and go through Romerville, Tecolote, and Bernal. and cultural destinations in your zip code and across the country. At the head of a small canyon, this spring was used by Santa Fe Trail travelers and still serves as the water source for the town of Wagon Mound. The travelers also harnessed more oxen instead of mulesprimarily for the greater hauling power of oxen but also because they were less valued by Indians and thus less risk of being raided. * Continue west on US 50 to Bent Ave. The shape of the mound is said to resemble a Conestoga wagon being pulled by oxen. In 1717 theComanche held several Spanish prisoners when an expedition of about 500 soldiers was sent from Santa Fe to get them released. Independence was also one of the historic "jumping off points" for the Oregon and California Trails. The Santa Fe Trail Landmark Tour puts the trailhands' experience into the palm of your hand. In 1719, the French officer Claude Charles Du Tisne was tasked by french authorities to establish a route to trade with the Spanish colony of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Then, the French explorer Pierre Vial made another pioneering trip on the route in 1792, and French traders and trappers from St. Louis gained progressively a fur trading dominance from the Spanish in Santa Fe as well as with the Indian tribes living in this vast region. Enlightened information about the history of Council Grove, including a virtual tour of Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park, is available on the Kaw Mission State Historic Site web site. [3] Much of the trail's route is known, but few traces of it survive. The old road turns right from the bridge. Point of Rocks on the Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico. In Santa Fe, the byway begins on I-25 heading southeast toward Las Vegas, NM. Mindful of this, the Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA), a non-profit association with a 501 (c)(3) status, was created in 1986 to help protect and preserve it. The ruts have also been harmed by past use of the property for grazing. Open it to learn more about the site and receive a digital stamp. Dora, Round Mound (Mount Clayton), and Sierra Grande. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. In the end, the captives were liberated, and the Comanche never again went on the warpath against the Spaniards. He was of German and Cherokee ancestry and married Mara de Luz, the daughter of Manuel LeFevre, a French-Canadian trapper living in Taos in the 1820s. A highway route that roughly follows the trail's path, through the entire length of Kansas, the southeast corner of Colorado and northern New Mexico, has been designated as the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway. In 1846, the Mexican-American War began and the Army of the West . Before the Council Oak blew down during a windstorm in 1958, the oak was approximately 70 feet high and measured 16 feet around. It was used in churches in Spain and Mexico before being brought to Santa Fe by oxcart in the early 19th century. Council Grove is one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas History because it is a Santa Fe Trail National Historic Landmark town and is the site of a 1825 treaty that led to an intersection of cultures between Kaw Native Americans and Euro-Americans. * Exit onto NM-161 and travel northwest through Golondrinas, past Riner Lake. Tipi rings and trail ruts are still visible in the area. TurquoiseTrail.org/EngineHouseTheatre. 87505, Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Point of Rocks is located about 20 miles east of Springer along US Hwy 56 to C-52, turn left (N) for 8 mi to the Cimarron Cutoff, turn right (NE) and drive 2 miles to the site. [12] Part of this route has been designated a National Scenic Byway. It is located north of US Highway 64/87, between Clayton and Mount Dora, New Mexico. The Flint Hills Nature Trail connects Council Grove and Allegawaho Park along the old railroad bed. _____ This irregular shape in the high plains of New Mexico is along the Mountain Route. * In Raton, continue following I-25 south. The crossing was also used as a campground, and a group of traders headed by Josiah Gregg celebrated the Fourth of July there in 1831, the first such celebration in present-day New Mexico. Traversing La Bajada Hill Road was once an arduous trip but, in the 1930s, the Highway Department moved the road three miles to the east to the same route currently used by I-25. The next stop along the old trail was Turkey Creek Camp, located about seven miles north of Rabbit Ears Mountain. Though the crossing of Turkey Creek was difficult, the site had water, a nearby supply of wood, and good grazing land, making it a better campsite for Santa Fe Trail travelers than McNees Crossing. There is a gravel parking area on the west side of the road and a BLM sign. 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