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Guymon igr MA KA NS AS JOPLIN ve Ri 35 nt SPRINGFIELD Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield 65 A P L A T E a skia sk LI SO NO UR IS I Remember: You Are a Guest Some private landowners are graciously allowing you to visit their sites. Please behave as you would like guests on your own property to behave. Leave everything the way you find it. Don’t disturb the owner, owner’s family, or employees, except in the rare case of emergency, accidents, or other problems. Owners retain the right to ask you to leave at any time. Obey posted signs, use designated roads and parking areas, and stay only long enough to appreciate the natural and cultural resources of the site. U Riv er Ozark National Scenic Riverways 60 North sas an Vinita Rive r 60 r Riv er 44 IL IS For Your Safety and Comfort Do not assume that signs will warn you of all safety hazards. Keep watch over children. Keep pets under physical restraint at all times. Leave domestic stock and wild animals alone. Be aware of potentially extreme weather conditions and the sometimes-high danger of fire on the prairie. Many Trail sites lack amenities; plan ahead. Use public restrooms and other facilities while in towns or developed areas. 69 Ponca City 60 281 287 Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Ri re 75 Bartlesville Canadian 55 George Washington Carver National Monument OKLAHOMA 83 ve r M er KA NS AS OK LA HO M A ENID 54 Ri Rolla 71 35 Ar k Pec o s Watrous Area Sites: Tiptonville Barclay’s Fort Site Watrous Store Sapello Stage Station Sapello River Crossing Nevada pi c eme Mer is 44 OKL AHO MA NEW M E X IC O TEXAS River Canadi a TEXAS Dalhart MISSOURI 54 Fort Scott National Historic Site M is si Riv er d oa s Ver d O Ri o TE X A S 44 M ISS OU RI 281 F L I N T D ver 50 63 er O K LA H O Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site 54 54 77 87 r Rive 64 Ka WICHITA Osag e Riv R R M 184 6 d er Riv e ut El Dorado Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 183 r Ri ve te Ro E A T G R 54 E S THE GREAT PLAINS AND THE PRAIRIES Until the arrival of Europeans, this was the home for many American Indian tribes that hunted, farmed, and roamed across this vast landscape. nd ra G R Liberal 283 d H I L L S ad Ro dge Do rt Fo - ys Ha rt Fo - on na WET/DRY ROUTES Trail travelers chose between the “wet route,” which afforded good grazing and water for large numbers of stock, and the shorter but water-limited “dry route.” e Ca ou DO K A N SA S P L A I N S er iv T A N D E E R Y G N A K C O LO R A S N I M O U N T A I N S U C R I S T O M O IDE DIV I N E TA L N NT CO S 56 25 H L 70 SAINT LOUIS Jefferson City r C CIMARRON ROUTE This was the shortest and the original wagon route between Santa Fe and Missouri. The easternmost 60 miles offered no reliable water and was called La Jornada (The Journey). 54 I L COUNCIL GROVE The 1825 treaty signed here with the Osage Indians ensured safe travel to this “prairie Eden.” Westbound wagon trains gathered here to form larger caravans. Ri ve r Cu g rin re Sp o C ls ar riz ek ed Car icho de e C n r N a d s yC Gr an amp ee rke cN ng rra rs C ock ck Ea p Tuamp M rossi 64 Sie h R n Ro pring t i m p 87 C b Ca C a o S i r b s t g p g) Ra eek ck uto scri Fla Boise Ro Cr of d A d In per ( City Kiowa National n t E T in g a an Up Grassland ROU Po rin ng No r t h C I M MARON Sp pri ld ld S nd Dora o u s C Co o ar t d M oun it E un M bb Ro Ra Clayton 56 Pratt 135 as souri Mis 55 p ek KANSAS ns 70 i ss Black Mesa Capulin Volcano National Monument L ow i 56 ka 65 er ADO ) cks rron a Ro of (Cim E t UT in e Po iddl RO M er Riv ARRON CIM in Ci m a r r o n Cimarron nta ou ar National Elkhart M B f l w OK Grassland o o l L l AHOM W A Wi (C er 83 g R Dodge w e Lo ossint City Sit rt Cr We Fo e on g s g n in d ki At Cross te Mu Do l rt i lbe oo Fo dle rry nS kP n d C i a r lac M B M rt Fo R i ve r COLOR ng pr Ar Rive r Riv Raton ri Sp )S kso nd Jac ove a Gr er 23 35 i 27 n rro ma ing G 77 ILLINOIS s ipp ss 50 69 WESTPORT By 1853, Westport had become the Trail’s main eastern terminus. The Civil War and the railroad brought its Trail heyday to an end. 75 Illinois 160 le River oo SAINT LOUIS At this commercial hub, traders purchased and warehoused goods and supplies for westward freighting on the Trail. Mexican goods were sold or shipped east. 50 Sedalia Independence Sites: Jackson County Courthouse Jackson County Log Courthouse Kritser House Lewis-Webb House Ferril-Gentry-Henley House Noland House 205 North Main 207-209 North Main 206-208 North Main Woodlawn Cemetery Lewis Jones House Santa Fe Trail Ruts Lewis-Bingham-Waggoner House Public Spring Site Overfelt-Johnston House William McCoy House Lower Indepedence (Blue Mills) Landing Upper Independence (Wayne City) Landing Independence Square Santa Fe Trail Park Ruts Kansas City Area Sites: Harmon Park Rut Shawnee Mission Grinter House and Ferry Mahaffie Farmstead Westport Landing Harris House Ewing-Boone Store Jim Bridger’s Store William Bent House Alexander Majors House Big Blue River Crossing Archibald Rice Farmhouse Minor Park Ruts New Santa Fe Red Bridge Crossing Gum Springs 85th and Manchester Swale Mis s i s Ulysses bry Au 287 tt Ba nw Boonville SO RI C C to ot 70 { IS U Comanche National Grassland t ff uto INDEPENDENCE Between 1827 and 1856, wagonmakers, blacksmiths, and other merchants created a bustling industry here to support and outfit Santa Fe Trail, and later Oregon Trail and California Trail, travelers. 65 Marshall M IS r Fo i Un } k ree o C ssing b a o T Cr 54 O d lan 24 g din FRANKLIN William Becknell’s successful 1821 Lan ck ring trip made Franklin the first eastern o R w e Sp ern 63 terminus of the international Trail o r F e Ar nta Tav t trade. Floods in 1826 and 1828 i S Sa on contributed to its demise. er n ck Hust av T o R k ff Lic Ne row s ’ r e A on Bo New Franklin lin nk 41 Fra e Sit COLUMBIA N Is u’s d n ro n ate dia Oc ing na Ca 84 ss g e o r h t C rin of Sp ing t Clara va s n s e d Cu me ta ra Cro un Bandelier La Mo ck ion onu San Mo National Monument Ro Un M on rt nal bs g a o F tio no W Na ot K Santa Fe ak Pil e g National Forest h P d el it’s ark rin SANTA FE nc Sp efi n Ra s nch ttl Hermical P and n’s a Pas ’s Ra a Ba M r on o o s t or t i s n riet eon rie t i a h a H Santa Fe Sites: Watrous l e St Jo Glo Pig Glo na d Santa Fe Plaza (La Junta) tio tag an Rive r 25 Na i’s S Palace of the Governors s k o s c e Fort Marcy Site w s e P zlo a h g c a n Ve aza Las Vegas Ko 285 Ap nyo Las Pl e to Ca d oci a ito bre c El Camino Real i ertegos u rt Lum e P r de Tierra Adentro d FORT UNION Pu ra d Pe te 25 Petroglyph Three successive forts were built Pie k o National Monument col Pea to protect Trail travelers and to e T n ) o o d i serve as a major military supply t ll Va rvaal Hi el depot for the Southwest. a t d S er n l e ALBUQUERQUE e s o (B gu nJ 84 Mi Vado Sa n 40 Sa del un in Riv r o a ute Mo ar e Riv Ch 160 a nP In n dia River Lakin Garden City Lex Moberly g/ ts rin Ru Sp uts ss y R a e d P Harvnrich an i Gr We LI Springer ak n) bry Au sing rt Fo Cros bry Au MOUNTAIN ROUTE Called the Ratón or Bent's Fort Route during Trail days, it was longer and more difficult than the ad Cimarron Route, but considered Ro safer. a d an a Gr { 24 n gto IL do 21 tó Pe M tai g E Rd ya Ra r’s tón n ou r Pu ans as Harry S Truman National Historic Site 71 s Ra he Fis (Ra le- UT Ci m MEXICO n Ho th in- re oi at A rk RO er R iv Cim o arr in an n ia SANTA FE This provincial capital of Nuevo Méjico was an isolated outpost until the Santa Fe Trail turned it into a commercial center. NEW 25 le- Comanche National Grassland n Iro g rin Sp rie rai e-P Gr e River Taos San Juan Pueblo ch an n R rave o t ot s G Wo Torre g z rin Sp Cru w o ll Wi se ou nH fto i l C 64 285 PECOS PUEBLO Long a trade center for Pueblo and Plains Indians, this pueblo and later Spanish mission were abandoned in 1838, becoming only a landmark along the Trail. Ho RATÓN PASS The difficult crossing over Ratón Pass was a major obstacle to Trail travel. In 1865, entrepreneur Richens “Uncle Dick” Wootton eased the journey by building a se u toll road. Ho ca BaTrinidad Cimarron Sites: Aztec Mill Swink’s Gambling Hall St. James Hotel Cimarron Plaza and Well Wheeler Peak is Old R Sit { ho 64 an ock e-R Site -th g 50 a ad { / ills e M lue ing Blu tle B ross sage i KANSAS er Litiver CFort O R CITY Riv rt M po t s We INDEPENDENCE os 64 Sp e hP s ak Sta 350 NT AIN sas kan COLO RADO NEW M E X IC O Tim 160 s pa n OU Ar AINS 285 84 Walsenburg tio M Lamar ry 35 ur i 73 Council Grove Sites: Kaw Mission 70 Ri Neosho River Crossing ng TOPEKA i s 77 Abilene Hays House (Frame Store) ros n k C tio Seth Hays Home reee Sta ve g C Hermit’s Cave n a n g LAWRENCE oo Sta t Gr rossi Last Chance Store n ag Dr vana l Hu ek C Conn/Stone/Pioneer Store OLATHE lue e e a r B u H d C Council Oak m un Sa ldier Post Office Oak Mo NAR THE ton ng o i g S R s n s OW i Simcock House lm Cro 56 Wi od d ll wo e n un d n W 56 tto gro roun tio yra acks d ncil a p k J Co t n e g t m k S n e m o ou e g p l c a u r o e a a i m C R C m l v t P n ta a B rk ia g C ro g ek tag ler ssi G Elm ve C rin Creand DSprin de s Pa itz Cro age S int S o Sp ne le 335 Sw Lo m Gr st St s Po Mi sing Site s Lo i x i l n E o rr Si ros ion ra Ma C tat -Ha imm Tallgrass Prairie ee S eS cG Cyg National Preserve 35 g M a ne St Emporia 70 Ne NT Alamosa ta eS n Lyo ort Fort F Old New s nt’ Be tle Lit OU Blanca Peak Las Animas lle svi For gg o B La Junta a l it LEAVENWORTH ar y ilit M 160 COLORADO RS h S 160 w Ne on y tL ARKANSAS RIVER Rivers were serious obstacles. During crossings, injury to people or animals and damage or loss of wagons or cargo were everpresent dangers. gs sin ts ros Ru rC s ’ e e p i l p r U a Ch ort t N TIMBE S A de an JU Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve G r ng SALINA ssi ort st 281 Cro h’s Fng Po k e oot di e r ell ra B C ut nd h T ite 156 )W m n’s aln on a Rancrah S 183 ok o t W s u is y k a ew W a l n ing k All acoc ort Z Cree e ath ss Pe st F Sit uts Bill M Cro h ir R a F k r d uts Za ree alo H i an tC ’s R tes ch ll ort uff lnu lph But Not ch (B ssing dF ing Pa a a s n k s t R o c W wn n m h c ro Ro Cro Se ee Plu nsig ch Ra ek C m e s ’ e n rha s Gu Bea Cre wn nca Du Rut Pa w McPherson Du ing Co s 56 s Great Bend River Cro Lyons ek ng Cre d r h ssi lle s 156 As ar ne e k Mi ve c Cro sas t o k i L Larned R Ed Gra e S e 50 s an son f t e rt ric i k g r o o r S n C F to A rier gs int ssi le aty ez) Po His uts itt p G ssin te Cro áv ek ing Tre rk al lR le n LCam Cro al Si w (Ch Cre Fo gs oss nd o on a r i i s rai ing dd u s g r e K i t i t C T r o e v n ro Riv M Na 25 nsa o Fe ross ek Sta wl ng Jar wn ssi er leg 18 ka e C Cre s Sa ssi Pa Cro nta le C att Ar Ston Sa on d ock Cro le kB t e t Co Cimarron Mid of R Site i e L HUTCHINSON r 50 C t es in Newton 56 on 50 nd ry Po e Cach Co nd D rou Th n’s Isla nw ot Rio FORT LARNED From this fort, established in 1859, the U.S. Army provided protection for caravans, stagecoaches, and other Trail travelers. Junction City F r Fo e tL e av Sc N 27 r Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Rd rt SA 287 on t or y o 50 Fort Riley ar r ve 25 385 River 70 m e Ri l y M t ili ss as lo 75 Fo ns Hi l l Hays Fort Hays So e ka 83 Rive r Saline Ri v Ar BENT’S FORT The Bent brothers and Cerán St. Vrain built a commercial trade depot in 1833. It served American Indians, fur traders, and Trail travelers for 17 years. g sin Rive e ros rt Sit r r C d Fo oric e l ist iv O R s t’s l H John Martin nsa Ben iona Reservoir ka t BIG Ar Na S m o ky MANHATTAN OregonCalifornia Trails Mi PUEBLO s as K an 71 MI SS OU RI AR KA NS AS O Z A R K Pea Ridge National Military Park White River 63 0 10 Kilometers 0 10 Miles 50 50