Santa Fe Trail
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"Travelers came to look upon it as an old friend - they felt an attachment for the tree that had so often sheltered and shaded them from storm and sun..."W.W.H. Davis (1853)
Lone Elm Park was purchased by the City of Olathe in 2000 to provide preservatio…
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The Santa Fe TrailThe Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell led a small group of men on a trading expedition from frontier Missouri to colonial Santa Fe. Mexico had recently declared its independence from Spain and abolished years of trade rest…
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The Lone Elm CampgroundThe land here at Lone Elm met the three requirements for a stopover for travelers on the trail...wood, water, and grass. Wood for campfires and wagon repairs, water for the support of people and animals, and grass for the grazing of s…
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The TravelersFor more than four decades, tens of thousands of travelers camped here. The Lone Elm campground was one or two nights out from the frontier "jumping off" points on the Missouri River. The great lone elm tree that gave this frontier campground i…
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Marked by theDaughters of theAmerican Revolutionand theState of Missouri1909Independence
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Established in May 1865, by Kit Carson, hero of Valverde and Brig. Gen., New Mexico Volunteers, to guard Santa Fe Trail and furnish escorts for caravans engaged in Santa Fe trade. Santa Fe Trail crossed this highway here and was first traveled by William Be…
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Marked by theDaughters of theAmerican Revolutionand theState of Kansas1906
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It all started over trade that promised great profits. Once Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821 Americans were welcomed and encouraged to trade. Trade quickly flourished, creating opportunities and profits linking the economies of Missouri and Mexico…
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This TrailOne of the Great Highways of the WorldStretched nearly one thousand miles fromFranklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico"From Civilization to Sundown"
[Relief Caption]Captain William Becknell of Franklin"Father of the Santa Fe Trail"With four c…
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Side A:Independence, famed "City of the Trails," was for two decades the starting point of the great western trade and travel routes to Santa Fe, Oregon, and California. Settled mainly by Southerners on land ceded the U.S. by the Osage Indians, 1825, it was…