Santa Fe Trail - Campsite of US Survey Team 10-21Sep1825
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N 37° 47.371 W 100° 11.850
14S E 394560 N 4183137
Limestone marker with a brass plate and a wooden historical marker commemorating the Sibley Survey campsite of 10-21Sep1825.
Waymark Code: WM597T
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member cosninocanines
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This area is an elevated parking area with a very worn DAR marker, excellent trail ruts, and this set of markers commemorating the Sibley Santa Fe Survey Expedition of 1825.

The limestone marker reads:
Campsite of the US Survey Team Sept. 10, 1825 Santa Fe Trail.

The large marker reads:
Campsite of the US Survey Team Sept. 10-21, 1825
Camping near this location Sept. 10, 1825, the survey team remained through September 21 waiting for a courier with information with the U.S. Government as to how to proceed further. West of the 100th meridian which surveyor Joseph Brown mistakingly identified being at this point and south of the Arkansas River was Mexican territorywhere the survey team had no permission to enter. Receiving no such information, the team was divided with commissioner George Sibley, surveyor Brown, interpreter William Williams, nine men and Sibley's servant Abram continuing on with the survey. The other two commissioners, Benjamin Reeves and and Thomas Mather with secretary Archibald Gamble and the rest of the team returned to Missouri.
Road of Trail Name: Santa Fe Trail

State: Kansas

County: Ford

Historical Significance:
This survey marked the Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail, which would be used until 1880.


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:
Following the Santa Fe Trail - A Guide for Modern Travellers by Marc Simmons and Hal Jackson


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:
This turnout is approximately 1/2 mile west of Howell, Kansas on US-50. It is on the North side of the highway.


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