Tim Johnson Postcard Collection
 

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Identifier

FLSC_TJPC_01272018_0880

Description

This color photographic postcard features a sign erected at Cimarron, Kansas. The sign has text printed and a map above it depicting the paths of the Santa Fe trail. Trees are in the background. Printed text is on the back of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Cimarron (Kan.), Gray County (Kan.), Santa Fe National Historic Trail, Monuments, Daughters of the American Revolution, Organizations, Billboards, Historical markers

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

Travelers of the Santa Fe Trail had a choice to make at this point. Southwest from here cut off many miles to Santa Fe, N.M., but a waterless plain frequented with hostile Indians presented a formidable hazard. The longer route via Trinidad followed water & was safer. The point of crossing the Arkansas River varied both East & West of this point, depending on the condition of the river. The Cimarron Crossing at Cimarron, Kansas

Postcard: The Cimarron Crossing at Cimarron, Kansas

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