Santa Fe Trail marker 2, Garden City, KS
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Santa Fe Trail marker.
Waymark Code: WMABCN
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2010
Views: 13
Santa Fe Trail
1822-1872
Marked by The Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Kansas 1906
Road of Trail Name: Santa Fe Trail
State: Kansas
County: Finney
Historical Significance:
The Santa Fe trail lead the way for pioneers to migrate west.
Years in use: 50 from 1822-1872
How you discovered it:
Stumbled upon it on our way to the Garden City Zoo main entrance.
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
Dangerous passage : the Santa Fe Trail and the Mexican War.
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1994.
Website Explination:
www.42explore2.com/santafe.htm
Why?:
It was one of the main passages to move or to take supplies west during that time period.
Directions:
Northwest of the Garden City Zoo main entrance.
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Visit Instructions:
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