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- The Santa Fe Trail, a 900-mile route connecting Franklin, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, played a crucial role in America's westward expansion in the 1800s.
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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. These routes depended on which river landing and trailhead were used and where the Big Blue River was crossed.
- Kansas
In the days of its greatest fame, the Santa Fe Trail...
- Franklin
William Becknell put a notice in the Missouri Intelligencer...
- Santa Fe Trail
Two routes soon developed along the trail, the Mountain...
- Legends of America Photo Prints
Legends' Photo Prints From vintage photos of the Old West,...
- Missouri Main Santa Fe Trail Sites
There are several sites along the Santa Fe National Historic...
- Kansas
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There are several sites along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail in Missouri. Many are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Before The Santa Fe Trail
- William Becknell
- Cimarron Route
- Bent’s Fort
- Santa Fe Trail in Wartime
- End of The Santa Fe Trail
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For centuries prior to the Santa Fe Trail, trade took place between the Great Plains Indians and early settlers of the Texaspanhandle. As trade routes expanded along the Rio Grande, commerce inevitably reached the Spanish colonists of New Mexico—but Spain had declared trade with Native Americans illegal. Still, many American explorers traveled to S...
When Missouri trader and War of 1812veteran William Becknell learned Mexico was open for business, he wasted no time heading for Santa Fe. Becknell left Franklin, Missouri, in September 1821 with a small group of men and a cargo of goods and arrived in Santa Fe on November 16. They were welcomed with open arms by Mexican citizens and government off...
Upon his return to Santa Fe, Becknell hoped to find a faster route. His exact course there is disputed; however, the route he took home became known as the Cimarron Route and was the most popular track on the Santa Fe Trail. The Cimarron Route followed the Arkansas River to Cimarron, Kansas, near what would later become Dodge City. From there, it t...
Bent’s Fort, also known as Fort William, was originally built by the Bent, St. Vrain and Trading Company on the north bank of the Arkansas River in 1833. The company was owned by William Bent and his brother Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain. The fort began as a fur-trading stop for mountain men, settlers, teamsters and Plains Indians, but it quickl...
In 1845, the United States voted to annex Texas (which included parts of present-day New Mexico) from Mexico, causing tensions to mount between the two countries. In 1846, the United States declared war on Mexico and sent General Stephen Watts Kearney and his 1,600 men along the Santa Fe Trail to occupy New Mexico. Kearney took the Mountain Route, ...
The Santa Fe Trail was mainly a trade route but saw its share of emigrants, especially during the California Gold Rush and the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush in Colorado. The trail also became an important route for stagecoach travel, stagecoach mail delivery and as a mail route for the famed Pony Express. As the Union Pacific Railroad expanded west, it was...
History of the Santa Fe Trail - Santa Fe Trail Association. Bent’s Forts. Colorado Encyclopedia. Cimarron Cutoff: A 20th Century Misnomer. Santa Fe Trail Association. History of the Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico. New Mexico Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway. Raton Pass: Colorado and New Mexico. National Park Service. Santa Fe National Historic Tr...
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until 1880, when the railroad arrived in Santa Fe.
Aug 24, 2018 · This large boulder known locally as “The Rock” with a plaque was placed in 1909 by the DAR. Here on higher ground the town and this monument are safe from the mighty Missouri River. Another monument to the trail is located in New Franklin, with stone etchings of William Becknell, George Caleb Bingham, Kit Carson, Mildred Brown, Josiah Gregg ...
The Santa Fe Trail was a significant trade route that connected Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the 19th century, playing a crucial role in the westward expansion of the United States. These chapters are geographically dispersed, often covering specific regions along the Santa Fe Trail or areas with a strong historical connection to ...
Present-day travelers may enjoy following the path of Becknell’s overland journey from New Franklin to Fort Osage, which marked the essential pattern for the Santa Fe Trail in Missouri before Independence and Westport became the primary trailheads for westward travel.
