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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4U_wagons-and-coaches-to-trains-and-planes-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The heyday of the trails had come and gone by the time William B. Strang Jr. platted out a residential development in this area in 1905. To promote his real estate plans and bring people out from Kansas City, he developed a trolley car railroad, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4P_voices-from-the-trail-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails proved to be both challenging and exhilarating for the travelers in the caravans passing through this junction along one of the Westport routes. Letters and diaries are filled with adventures and excitem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4N_two-routes-from-westport-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The Santa Fe Trail forked into two routes as it headed south from Westport. Along the routes were campgrounds for trail travelers — to the northeast of the junction was Sapling Grove and the southwest was a campground called Flat Rock or Ind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W45_opening-the-floodgates-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
[Inset] "from 'Sappling Grove' where there is an excellent fountain spring & a very good place to camp.. The road runs a little round on the high ridge." The Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell and a small group of men from Frankl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKA_wheels-of-progress-historical_Olathe-KS.html
Conceptualized by Heart of America's own Craig Shannon and Mike Whalen, "Wheels of Progress" represents the evolution of transportation depicted by 4 giant wheels. One in stone to symbolize the prehistoric era, one in wood to symbolize the middl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VHK_a-day-on-the-santa-fe-trail-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The Trip Ahead The Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails proved to be both challenging and exhilarating for the travelers in the caravans passing near here. Letters and diaries are filled with the adventures, excitement, and hardships faced on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGY_santa-fe-trail-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGW_a-day-on-the-trail-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
Images Art Gallery has proudly designed and painted this mural depicting "A Day on the Trail." The Santa Fe Trail was a two-way trail of commerce and cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico from 1821 to the 1870's. Oxen or mules pul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGU_two-ways-west-from-westport-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
Imagine seeing Santa Fe Trail wagon trains coursing through Overland Park! Around you swirls the sights and sounds of wagons creaking, oxen braying, and wagon masters shouting commands. You are standing between two historic branches of the Santa F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGE_hedrick-fleming-hall-post-office-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
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