FIRST - Organized Trade Expedition to Santa Fe - New Franklin, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 01.033 W 092° 44.188
15S E 522814 N 4318720
The first trip started here, and all following trips began here.
Waymark Code: WM14J54
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2021
Views: 2
County of object: Howard County
Location of object: Plaza in center of E. Broadway, New Franklin
Built: 1909
Erected by: Daughters of the American Revolution
and the
State of Missouri
Text on the marker:
Captain William Becknell of Franklin
"Father of the Santa Fe Trail"
With Four Companions, Led the First Organized
Trade Expedition To Santa Fe, September 1st 1821
Franklin
"Cradle of the Sante Fe Trail
1821
This Trail
One of the Great Highways of the World
Stretched Nearly One Thousand Miles From
Franklin, Missouri To Santa Fe, New Mexico
"From Civilization To Sundown"
Marked By The
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the
State of Missouri
1909
"20. Center of E. Broadway, opposite 122 E. Broadway. Santa Fe Trail
Marker, 1913.
This large red granite boulder was placed at this location on
1913. It is approximately five feet tall, of rough stone with a large bronze
plaque on one side. A three-globe cast iron street light on the top of the stone
was added sometime before 1940, per historic photos. A small paved plaza
with a flag pole and historical interpretive signs was built around the stone
within the last few decades. [c object]" ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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