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 Santa Fe Trail - Elm Grove Campground - Gardner, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 38° 51.279 W 094° 52.160
15S E 337794 N 4302307
This is a DAR marker and an Oregon - California Trails Association marker commemorating Elm Grove Campground on the Santa Fe Trail.
Waymark Code: WM30HP
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2008
Views: 59
This waymark commemorates Elm Grove, or Caravan Grove, Campground. According to the marker on site, the campground was a result of the Sibley Survey of 1825. This campground bypasses Lone Elm Campground which is 2.25 miles SE. Today, this marker is just off Old US 56 at 151st Street and Lakeshore between Olathe and Gardner, Kansas.
Road of Trail Name: Santa Fe Trail
State: Kansas
County: Johnson
Historical Significance:
This is significant as it is a rest stop for the second night out from Westport, Missouri. It is also the more direct route through Johnson County.
Information taken from Oregon-California Trails marker on site.
Years in use: 1821 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:
http://santafetrail.org
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:
From Olathe, take Old US HWY 56 West. You will pass the marker to the right and will turn right at the next street (151st street) Turn right again (Lakeshore Dr) and right again down the dead end road which is 151st ST. There is the DAR marker and the Oregon - Califonia Trails Association marker at this site.
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Visit Instructions:
To post a log for this Waymark the poster must have a picture of either themselves, GPSr, or mascot. People in the picture with information about the waymark are preferred. If the waymarker can not be in the picture a picture of their GPSr or mascot will qualify. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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