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n l Rive F a it C O i P v h k g 54 r r c I i A 70 R National Historic Site t S L r t x d a ic o in trip made Franklin the first eastern M N e r e r r n Vrain built a commercial trade i Junction City i c r v o L n H n R r v l o e i F ra i p I O k Council Grove Sites: i 73 iv R 24 e w S rn S o a e t R G W ro e e 63 terminus of the international Trail S I n depot in 1833. It served American r M t CITY r F v O S i s 70 Kaw Mission t ite A ta Ta trade. Floods in 1826 and 1828 s as Indians, fur traders, and Trail FORT LARNED 6 M S an n U g 4 70 k n S o R 385 Crossing R il tpor e r st contributed to its demise. From this fort, established in 1859, TOPEKA in i 8 i e e u I travelers for 17 years. s v t r 65 k M S es v 25 Abilene 77 s a C g c H Hays House (Frame Store) o e 1 W n Ta o { r r r INDEPENDENCE o i O the U.S. Army provided protection n s f R g b k i C o y s f c 50 in 27 Seth Hays Home k ti Ta ro e w Li s R s 287 D e N o s a s ive o t te S for caravans, , and g re St C Marshall rr ’s r r n e A e i C Si A i t t SALINA Hermit’s Cave C e v g n A other Trail travelers. 281 ss r s n g a in Harry S Truman o s r ric o r R R o F o o a s io e S r G o New Franklin s R d Foro N P o t s LAWRENCE iv C s Last Chance Store S d B S ’ g g t ro National Historic Site i R O h n N a A s Ol k t n r a C p Great Sand Dunes S s e o i n u SAINT LOUIS N a John Martin L e d ll Conn/Stone/Pioneer Store D a H k e s d r o p G A a v l e u OLATHE National Park n a C B Tr S e a e re Bl 41 r a Bent’ O t e W Reservoir d H u At this commercial hub, traders i ional Hist K t C d J a rk I o u n ch i 156 m s) Council Oak m r n INDEPENDENCE 70 Franklin n S R U n and Preserve A BIG C l a n ’ a e u d Nat R 183 a n a h o n n S i o T purchased and warehoused TIM t W o R a k so g Post Office Oak o ld M N H Between 1827 and 1856, wagon- Site i A B RIVER u s r t A v e ERS aln li ck a y w in g So RR E COLUMBIA l Z s e N W g ek A o t he r s Simcock House in { O makers, , and other goods and supplies for westward Rivers were serious obstacles. n e c o w i Cr a r t e r m W r s e o e N a l La Junta Las Animas e s e F t v C i

S i S freighting on the Trail. Mexican N n o P t S s M i d W 56 merchants created a bustling Boonville A r t 160 n o M During crossings, injury to people C g rs u ll o R e yo Ly k Fi ah R Bi R o l d goods were sold or shipped east. l L O d r s w l industry here to support and i M il t rt rt U or animals and damage or loss ee a t d lo n e un v

v r r o Z u n n d N o { a H o s o Lamar N a W o n g Fo F F T C rt s R s h ff i tt 56 io a ck gr u outfit , and later e g d 50 A of wagons or cargo were ever- t D o ’ te c u l o d l t r a o r O I o Ol ew IN nu g F h t t (B ng l C n ek ta y J s p gr 65 L p u o nci k t m I B N present dangers. al P sin nd al B N h si o e re on e S lm c u a p and , U n ’s e W aw rt s ck o R t c os k m C g ti g Pa la R C m Blanca Peak io 350 nt Sit ROUTE n ro o ec um gh an r g e ia g Cou ov er sin ta ta B rk m Ca 50 at e a s e o C R S Pl si R C L in re D in Gr zl s S S a El e 71 travelers. N t B g e F ’s e n h k it m r C d r t ro e t des P v 70 55 A S d e e a p p N i e a in n n u ac e t h S e an S w C g in n o Walsenburg e r n s a G r l r s il 335 a o o r g a A s s c w { e C e u t st g e e S t P L G Sedalia P u t S T Alamosa a e r rk ro t - n a B D R o M n i s s Independence Sites: St v G a C u s u g P w L x si S o is n i lm Kansas City Area Sites: T n R n o McPherson i r 160 A i d D i s n s r o a E A as R l sa er ’s y ss C 56 S ro o h a ar p O s p lie a River ro Great Bend C ti -H m M Harmon Park Rut Jackson Courthouse sou im Up r H C ta Tallgrass o e im is ri I 160 T ha k S Ge S Mission Jackson County Log Courthouse M R N y t e Lyons e 70 N r C e g c 35 Cy iv b r r g A a M gn s MOUNTAIN ROUTE u g o C in r t e Grinter House and Ferry Kritser House e k k n A n h s r e S s r S a c o t i F s ed s k ll Emporia T e o Ir Called the Ratón or Bent's Fort r ss s 156 o i Lewis-Webb House U A n r P -R e g o o River ck C as a M ve Mahaffie Farmstead SAINT sh e it rin F Cr d Ro Larned k ns n d ra d River i th S p Route during Trail days, it y n Lakin 50 f s t Lar Site e a n s e E G o Westport Landing Ferril-Gentry-Henley House an n- S r ou Garden o g re rk so a Sit o 285 p -i ub t in For ric C A r s s w LOUIS O S e longer and more difficult than the M n s o ) ie g ty n Harris House Noland House l e d A n City oi os s ez le r n } a to 69 Jefferson City o i a d r t k g v t G i e t Jefferson National H ir Route, but considered a di n P C u e in k á Lit p ss te Tr o 75 WESTPORT Ewing-Boone Store 205 North Main ra o In sla le il R re nal Hist ss or d Ch n m ro Si w C Expansion Memorial N -P safer. R s I d a g C io ro F s n ( io Ca C al a By 1853, Westport had become 207-209 North Main M e d r g u s s e ’ i T n C e g i t r K S ’s Store 64 th ir u M e si lo k e in ro rv ta sa or 5 R n- o a ea F os w ng Nat e e n ss g a S n C 2 iv 50 the Trail’s main eastern terminus. 206-208 North Main RATÓN PASS -i at d ut a r a si re t aw o tle J ka e 18 e William Bent House le g na o nt C s S s C u P r t r n r o r ra h a le ck ro n C Ba A to L The Civil War and the railroad Alexander Majors House Woodlawn Cemetery C The difficult crossing over Ratón H Pu G C S dd Ro C oo o k tle S 35 Ulysses S. Grant 84 OLO - Cimarron i f e C R e it brought its Trail heyday to an end. Lewis Jones House RA Pass was a major obstacle to Trail ) M o Sit re L HUTCHINSON Crossing National Historic Site D n n 50 C L O U i nt es 77 NEW ta io d oi ch 56 on Newton Archibald Farmhouse Santa Fe Trail Ruts 54 M travel. In 1865, entrepreneur un n ff un P Ca d o 50 Riv 50 er EX o o e n C I er Lewis-Bingham-Waggoner House v ICO Richens “Uncle Dick” Wootton M U ut ro Th n’s Isla Dry Minor Park Ruts i C G o d R R n e ks n e Public Site tó rt tl ac a i New Santa Fe eased the journey by building a e a t 23 J ve t v s o a A H 64 u (R B ro u e Overfelt-Johnston House O F Ulysses G r Red Bridge Crossing . o k Comanche r o k 135 r O H a e g a COUNCIL GROVE ca Pe National Grassland ry Dodge ow in R n Gum Springs William McCoy House E a ’s ub 160 e L s s The 1825 treaty signed here with T B Trinidad r it City os t a D e A S rt r e s 85th and Manchester Swale Lower Indepedence (Blue Mills) Landing I ish 160 g n Fo C the Osage Indians ensured safe V F n so e W KANSAS Upper Independence (Wayne City) Landing I ri g S p in in dg travel to this “prairie Eden.” D S 83 tk ss o Independence Square n) 56 A ro M D l Osa I o rt C te u o S Westbound wagon trains gathered g M M r i lb o r h ar Fo le S e P e Santa Fe Trail Park Ruts e i a r L s i

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a n i C a L El Dorado e i k A a r v 44 R R e ri (C l i s M M B Pratt R R s T n av Ratón Pass Sp er t I s to r ) r 54 i a N t G s n w o H p o s k o o F 54 k E c L p C o re o rr WICHITA 63 s W r 287 R a i a N 64 To ng f m ec I z ri o Ci E rem K T Cimarron Sites: ru p nt ( e N C S oi le UT 25 M O Aztec w Raton P d RO lo id T R C il M D iv Swink’s Gambling Hall W COLO r E Fort Scott 54 Rolla e R e T ADO iv WET/DRY ROUTES R National Historic Site r St. James Hotel R N V e RRO Trail travelers chose between the R erd s A N 281 i i I u v g Cimarron Plaza and Well o IM ri L H Capulin Volcano Black Mesa C “wet route,” which afforded good e I s LI n n r M N E to National Monument ai Cimarron 71 O Wheeler Peak lif nt Cimarron A grazing and water for large IS I C u r L 55 S S g ek o a Elkhart National numbers of stock, and the shorter O D 25 in e M B U r Cr lf w Grassland but water-limited “dry route.” R p o o O F 64 r S zo s W ill KLAHO I k a rri ol W MA E Taos de ee ed a ch THE AND THE an Cr C d C Ni Gr y es n p CIMARRON ROUTE Liberal Until the arrival of n a ke e g a m k For Your Safety and Comfort PECOS PUEBLO 285 ro rr rs ur cN in Ca oc ck This was the shortest and the r ie a T p M s R o g R Europeans, this was the home for Do not assume that signs will warn you of E a S 64 E p m s R n t o h i I Long a trade center for Pueblo im 87 bi am Ca Cr ap n pr original wagon route between many American Indian tribes that 35 all safety hazards. Keep watch over children. C s b C r io S S R and , this pueblo ck Ra k og ipt g) 56 Santa Fe and Missouri. The R o o ee ut cr la Boise hunted, farmed, and roamed A U Keep pets under physical restraint at all d R r A s (F S and later Spanish were ya of C d In er easternmost 60 miles offered across this vast landscape. O times. Leave domestic stock and wild N a t National n d City G S Y G R in TE a n pp abandoned in 1838, becoming U a no reliable water and was called S o g U 54 A animals alone. Be aware of potentially O Grassland I 21 P ON R rin ng N only a landmark along the Trail. CI AR p ri orth La Jornada (The Journey). K extreme weather conditions and the some- N Springer MM S p M nd ra ld S u o s o ld C 283 183 times-high danger of fire on the prairie. San Juan A o t D ar C Co a K M n E n C R d u it a r i i Many Trail sites lack amenities; plan ahead. Pueblo er un o b d e m v NEW S o M b ia v e C iv a i r Use public restrooms and other facilities R R R n a u SANTA FE R Guymon r KANSAS te an r r while in towns or developed areas. This provincial capital of Nuevo ca di 56 Clayton o re C O g na n OK nt Méjico was an isolated outpost e sin a LAHOMA d 84 os e C g 75 n r th in until the Santa Fe Trail turned it a C f pr 69 Remember: You Are a Guest into a commercial center. r g o a S Some private landowners are graciously G O va sin t lar ue os n C d 44 SPRINGFIELD allowing you to visit their sites. Please ra C Cr ta n Bandelier o La k n numean ou JOPLIN behave as you would like guests on your M oc io o S M 77 National Monument R R Un l M on r R U own property to behave. Leave everything g e i Wilson’s Creek bs a v

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Fort o W e National Battlefield the way you find it. Don’t disturb the owner, tionan i Na K C OKLA r George Carver E I

t R HOM R owner’s family, or employees, except in the Santa Fe lo A National Monument 65 T iver k i X ea P rare case of emergency, accidents, or other National Forest d P g E S TE A SANTA FE h iel ’s rin XAS c f it rk p A L problems. Owners retain the right to ask n h e a S M Ozark National a c l m P n R t r l d X ’s ss an at e n a City P Scenic Riverways you to leave at any time. Obey posted signs, o a H a i E i n P R B rica M 60 o s n d a W a ’ T R s t n t io o use designated roads and parking areas, n e e isto t r a oh ri eo ri H ta a E 83 Santa Fe Sites: J lo ig lo S Watrous n and stay only long enough to appreciate G P G e N

nal a nd tio ag (La Junta) the natural and cultural resources of the site. a t iv r C Bartlesville Na s S 25 R e Palace of the Governors s ki’ Dalhart 60 Fort Marcy Site eco ws s he P lo ga Watrous Area Sites: c zP North a n o Ve za s p K e Las Vegas a 285 A yo as la Tiptonville ns c P an L e to a Vinita C o d ci Barclay’s Fort Site ENID k 63 to e to a r s ci br r s El Camino Real rti m ue go Watrous Store 281 A K hite ue Lu P re 287 W de Tierra Adentro P ra ed FORT UNION Sapello Stage Station R River 0 10 Kilometers 50 25 ied P e P ot k Three successive forts were built Sapello River Crossing Rive A National Monument ol ea r A ec P to protect Trail travelers and to M 0 10 Miles 50 o T on Can 60 71 Z d i ) adia O Va at ill serve as a major military supply 54 n MIS O l rv H H SOURI de R ta al depot for the Southwest. 35 i A ALBUQUERQUE e el v S rn 44 s L o u e Be ARKANS Pea Ridge J ig r ( AS n o 84 K Sa M ad Lake Meredith R n V O 40 Sa l iv de National Recreation Area er