Tim Johnson Postcard Collection
 

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Identifier

FLSC_TJPC_01272018_0871

Description

This colorized photographic postcard features a marker in Cimarron, Kansas. The stone marks the location of the Santa Fe Trail through Kansas. There is carving on the front of the marker. Trees are in the background. Red printed text is on the back of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Dodge City (Kan.), Ford County (Kan.), Santa Fe National Historic Trail, Monuments, Daughters of the American Revolution, Organizations

Rights

This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Transcription

Santa Fe Trail, 1822-1872, Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Kansas, 1906, 12290 Monument Marking Old Santa Fe Trail, Dodge City, Kansas. THE OLD TOWN SANTA FE TRAIL, which ran from the town of Westport, which is now part of Kansas City, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the old border days, was a logical human pathway. The grades were easy and the trail followed closely its water supply. Dodge City was on the trail. In recent years there have been several movements started to mark the trail.

Postcard: 12290 Monument Marking Old Santa Fe Trail, Dodge City, Kansas

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