from Sween's Travel Guide and the Interactive Santa Fe Trail

Re-discovering the Santa Fe Trail
through Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado

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Kansas scenes
Other states

From Missouri, the trail avoided the Kaw and Missouri
Rivers by going southwest through Johnson County
* Missouri/Kaw Rivers meet (1997)
* April reenactment, Johnson Co (1999)
* Trail ride through Johnson Co (1999)
* Mahaffie Farmstead Olathe (1997)
* Ruts behind the school, Edgerton
* Gardner, where the trails divide
* Baldwin sign
* Baldwin log cabin (1995)
* Lone Jack wagon ruts
* Burlingame KS cemetery (1995)
* Buffalo on the plains (1995)
* Simmons Point sign, by Don
* Dodge City marker
* Dodge City Longhorn Steer

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Below: Kansas City area
Central Johnson Co | Baldwin
Burlingame | Council Grove
Dodge City

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Wyandotte Co Cam

Kansas: Wyandotte County Wyandotte Co Cam	Kansas: northeast Johnson County Johnson Co KS photos
Mouth of the Kaw River into the Missouri River at Kansas City, MO (1997)	Pioneer Crossing Park Merriam, KS (2017)	California Road sign Merriam, KS (2017)
Kansas: Johnson County's Pioneer Crossing Park, Shawnee Mission Parkway, Merriam and Shawnee
Fort Leavenworth Military Road sign (Shawnee Mission Parkway) Merriam, KS (2017)	Wagonmaster's House sign Richard Williams, surveyor Merriam, KS (2017)	Pioneer statue by Wagonmaster sign Merriam, KS (2017)
Trail Map sign Merriam, KS (2017)	Gum Springs sign currently "Shawnee, KS" Merriam, KS (2017)	West Port (MO) - Santa Fe Trail - Oregon & California Trails sign Merriam, KS (2017)
Oxen pulling wagons Merriam, KS (2017)	Wagons Merriam, KS (2017)	Pioneer Crossing Park is dog friendly Merriam, KS (2017)
Kansas: central Johnson County
Re-enacting the trail (April 1999)	Re-enacting the trail (1999)	Re-enacting the trail (1999)
Re-enacting the trail at Mahaffie Farmstead Olathe, KS (1999)	Lanesfield School near the SFT Edgerton, KS (1997?)	Oregon & Santa Fe Trails KS Historical Marker 56 Hwy west of Gardner, KS (1997?)
Baldwin, Kansas
Baldwin Kansas Historical Marker (1997?)	Baldwin, KS log cabin (1995)	Lone Jack, KS ruts (1995)
Burlingame, Kansas
Burlingame, KS (1997?)	Burlingame Cemetery with statue (1995)
Council Grove, Kansas
Council Grove sign (1997?)	Madonna of the Trail Council Grove, KS (1997?)
Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City longhorn steer statue (1997?)	Dodge City The Cowboy Capital (1997?)
Grazing buffalo (bison) The great plains (1997?)	near Baden Post Office and Simmons Point (1997?)

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