Overbrook Santa Fe Trail Hitching Post - Overbrook, Ks
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N 38° 46.507 W 095° 32.856
15S E 278686 N 4294904
This marker is located in the Overbrook Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM6D9C
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2009
Views: 9
This small marker, located in the midst of very faint SFT trail ruts, commemorates the location of the hitching post for the trail teams for the very important spring that was located nearby. This is a new marker that appears to have been placed by the cemetery staff. The information on the trail ruts and the spring is from Marc Simmons' Following the Santa Fe Trail.
Road of Trail Name: Santa Fe Trail
State: Kansas
County: Osage
Historical Significance:
Location of trail ruts and spot where trail teams stopped to water their oxen. There are also very faint trail ruts that can be seen. A nearby spring is no longer there due to a newer housing development.
Years in use: 1822 to 1880
How you discovered it:
I started following a book called "Following the Santa Fe Trail - A Guide for Modern Travellers" This guidebook gives the locations of the significant sites of the trail and the background stories. It is a good read even if you aren't following the trail.
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
Following the Santa Fe Trail - A Guide for Modern Travellers by Marc Simmons and Hal Jackson
Website Explination:
Wikipedia has an excellent explanation of the trail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail
Why?:
From the National Park Service website:
http://www.nps.gov/safe/historyculture/index.htm
Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1821 until 1846, it was an international commercial highway used by Mexican and American traders. In 1846, the Mexican-American War began. The Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war in 1848, the Santa Fe Trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories. Commercial freighting along the trail continued, including considerable military freight hauling to supply the southwestern forts. The trail was also used by stagecoach lines, thousands of gold seekers heading to the California and Colorado gold fields, adventurers, fur trappers, and emigrants. In 1880 the railroad reached Santa Fe and the trail faded into history.
Directions:
Take N Cedar until it turns into E 1st St. Stay to the loop to the left.
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Visit Instructions:
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