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History of the Santa Fe Trail by Nicole Butler, Philnews Writer Inside this Edition: Update on the Raton Fire June 16, 2011 • Issue 2 Burro Drive Ambulance Donated Maxwell Book Signing PHILPhilmontN Scout RanchEW • Cimarron, New MexicoS History of the Santa Fe Trail By Nicole Butler, PhilNews Writer Today the Santa Fe Trail rarely utilized. Here at Philmont, is dotted with small, often we know of the trail because of forgotten, towns, abandoned the multiple backcountry camps, businesses, relics of the Civil War, trails, and departments centered historic Spanish missions, Native around it, and for one of its most American remnants, and former famous landmarks, the Tooth of army garrisons. Marked by its Time, which marked two weeks changing terrain—from long, remaining for travelers headed barren desert expanses, to wide toward Santa Fe, N.M. open prairies, to the peaks of the While it may be a quiet setting Sangre de Cristo mountains— for hiking and Scouting activities the Santa Fe Trail is a historic today, the remnants of the Santa Fe landmark, often admired but trail used to be a bustling highway Public domain image SANTA FE TRAIL: Santa Fe Railroad (1922), A map of points of interest along the Santa Fe rail lines to California. Created by Rand McNally and Company of Chicago, Illinois. for nineteenth-century westward the number of travelers increased, travelers, passing through key the trail soon became home to landmarks and expanses like trappers, traders, Franciscan Diamond Spring, Buffalo Plains, missionaries, and adventurers such Pawnee Rock, the Arkansas River, as William Bent, Susan Magoffin, the Cimarron desert and the the first known woman to make the Sangre de Cristo mountains. trip across the trail, Francis Aubry, Once described by Stanley who completed the fastest crossing Vestal as “a long rope flung carelessly across the plains—an “...the Santa Fe Trail is old rope, loosely twisted, so that one of the oldest, regular Public domain image here and there the strands parted land routes across the TRAVEL: Re-enactment of a pioneer only to join again,” the Santa Fe wagon train, Utah, 1912. The photograph Trail is one of the oldest, regular Great Plains, originally was taken by Shipler Commercial land routes across the Great stretching from Franklin, Photographers as an assignment. Plains, originally stretching from Missouri to Santa Fe...” Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe— the trail again served a key role in an expanse of five states. war, as Civil War soldiers used the Prior to its opening in 1820 of the nearly 800 mile trail in 5 trail as a main transportation line by William Becknell, the trail was days and 16 hours in 1848, and Kit in the West. home to multiple Plains Indian Carson, who is widely known here However, despite the tribes such as the Kiowas and at Philmont for his role in settling destruction caused by these wars, Utes, the Navajos, the Apaches, Rayado. the trail continued to grow and the Pueblos and the Comanches. With the new settlers however, evolve through the years until the Once the trail opened to settlers, came new tensions. As the mid-nineteenth century when the traders and trappers, such Native western-bound settlers made their Santa Fe Railway began to take the American tribes were pushed out way father south and west along place of trails. In 1880, the railway and taken by diseases carried by the trail, conflict arose between the reached Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Trail’s transition into railway Samantha Waidler—PhilNews the westward travelers, creating New Mexicans and the Americans, TRADING: The painted-glass window in the Villa Philmonte depicts traders coming tensions between the Native and the trail became a driving allowed for new expansions and over the Santa Fe Trail. Americans and the settlers. As factor in the Mexican War. Later, industries and fulfillment of the United States’ westward expansion. 2 JUNE 16, 2011 Ranch Events & Activities PHILNEWS PHILNEWS STAFF • • • • Editor-in-Chief Owen McCulloch Activities staff manning the grills for Brat Day. Activities staff in costume for Opening Campfire NPS Manager Rory Chapman Submit to PhilNews Corrections PhilNews Editor Inside This Edition... Andrea McFarland Have a thought, story, pg. 6: Tim Collver not Tim Mark Anderson................................3 Rayado............................12 comic, drawing, photo or idea Coliver. PhilNews Writer that you’d like to share with the pg. 7: Joseph Monfeli is in Nicole Butler Owen McCulloch.............................3 Dan Beard......................13 Philmont community? PhilNews Conservation. welcomes submissions and letters pg. 7: A sailor’s watch is four Chaplain’s Corner............................5 Ponil.................................13 PhilNews Writer to the editor. Please I-Camp your hours. pg. 12: The photo captions Danielle Edwards Quitting Tobacco Use.....................5 Basecamp................................14&15 submission to PhilNews, email it to [email protected] should read “interpretive” camps, PhilNews Writer PhilCast.............................................6 Services...........................14 or drop it by the NPS office. All not “interrruptive” camps. Ben McNair submissions must include your full pg. 20: A few of the crossword Sustainability Statement.................6 Logistics..........................14 name, contact number, location puzzle lines were mixed up. For and the date! Photographs must answers and corrections see the Photography Manager Author Harriet Freiberger..............7 Security...........................15 Samantha Waidler also include a description of the answers section on this week’s game page. Seton Book Signing.........................7 Mailroom........................15 photo. For a submission to be Photographer considered for the next issue, Ephraim Moore Fire Danger Reminder......................8 World News..................................16 please have it to us by Friday at 5:00 p.m. All submissions become Ambulance Donated.......................9 U.S. News.......................................17 Photographer property of Philmont Scout Matthew Prokosch Ranch. Burro Drive.....................................10 Sports..............................................18 We are continuingly striving Photographer Backcountry............................12&13 Entertainment...............................19 to better meet your needs. If you Taylor Thorne have suggestions for future articles Urraca.............................12 Games.............................................20 or ways that we might better serve Photographer you, please contact us. We look Kyle Soyer forward to hearing from you. Activities Calendar June 16–June 29 Photographer Brendan Best Thursday 16 Friday 17 Saturday 18 Sunday 19 Monday 20 Tuesday 21 Wednesday 22 Reminders: Scouting 7-9 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 11 a.m - 1 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Photographer *Handicraft Night @ *Closing Program @ Cimarron Days Cimarron Days Brat Day!!! @ Baldy *Buffalo BBQ @ PTC *Follow Me Boys @ Haylee Train PTC PTC Pavilion PTC 8:15 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. and Santa Fe 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Soccer Night in the *Interfaith Chapel 7-9 p.m. *Western Dance @ 7 p.m. Photo Lab Lead Movie Night: Inception Humans Verus S3AC Service @ PTC *Handicraft Night @ PTC Yoga w/ Julia @ PTC 3 By Owen McCulloch, Associate Director of Program Matthew Martin in the S AC Zombies @ Baldy PTC 7:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Pavilion 6 p.m. *Opening Program @ 7 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee Kickball Photo Lab Tech Prof. Scouting 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. PTC *Wanna-Be Band Reception at the Villa Yoga w/ Jason @ the Matthew Allen 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Fitness Center Human Chess meet @ Game System Night in Baldy Pavilion the S3AC Marketing Manager Bryan Hayek Thursday 23 Friday 24 Saturday 25 Sunday 26 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 A reminder that on Thursday, June 16, 6:00 p.m., a reception is 7 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Marketing Staff *Handcraft Night @ *Closing Program @ Day Hike to Lover’s *Interfaith Chapel *Wanna-Be Band *Buffalo BBQ @ PTC Yoga w/ Julia @ PTC being held at the Villa Philmonte William McKinney PTC PTC Leap Service @ PTC Gallery Room for individuals 7-9 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. *Handicraft Night @ *Western Dance @ *Follow Me Boys @ who are interested in learning Marketing Staff Ladies Night: Princess Dodgeball @ the S’mores Night in the *Opening Program @ PTC PTC PTC more about Professional Scouting. Boglarka Bordas and the Frog and nail Basketball Court S3AC PTC 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Joining the reception are several painting Cars 2 in Trinidad 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Table Games Triathlon Open Mic Night at Scout Executives who are the Gentlemen: Star Trek (pending road closure) 3 Lead Videographer 3 Yoga w/ Jason @ the Cars Movie Night in the S AC Baldy Pavilion CEO’s for local councils, as well as in the S AC 3 and Root Beer Float Emily Fraser Fitness Center S AC Night in the S3AC representatives from the regional 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. and national offices of the Boy Videographer Yoga w/ Jason Scouts of America to answer Sean Barber * We ask that staff members wear full uniform at PTC events (Staff may, however, wear western attire at Western Night). We also ask that they be considerate of our participants duringquestions about professional the programs (ex: to wait for participants and family members to be served cobbler first). Scouting. Food and refreshments 2 JUNE 16, 2011 Ranch Events & Activities PHILNEWSPHILNEWS Management JUNE 16, 2011 3 Mark’s Minute Apply now for a Philmont Staff Keep an Attitude of Self- Association Scholarship! Improvement Awards of $500 for first year staff, $1,000 for second year and By Mark Anderson, Director of Program $1,500 for third year staff will be made for the Fall 2011-Spring Corrections Approach each day with an of the day, they ask themselves, for the better every day.
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