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Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site--http://www.nps.gov/beol/planyourvisit/calendar.htm
Fort Larned National Historic Site -- http://www.nps.gov/fols/planyourvisit/calendar.htm
Fort Union National Monument -- http://www.nps.gov/foun/planyourvisit/calendar.htm
Pecos National Historic Park -- http://www.nps.gov/peco/planyourvisit/index.htm
Dodge City/Ft. Dodge/Cimarron Chapter presents weekly digital posts about the markers located in Ford & Gray Counties, KS. Posts can be found @santafetrail1821 or on Pinterest at: https://www.pinterest.com/santafetrail1/dodge-city-chapter-sft-markers/
Entry information and rules at www2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com
Presented by Dave Kendall, “The Making of the Santa Fe Trail 200th Documentary.” Information for ZOOM will be posted on to www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com or Facebook @200thSantaFeTrailKansas approximately 3 days prior to the program. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com. You can view the presentation NOW at: https://vimeo.com/506647438
200th Passport Activity (for McPherson, Rice & Barton Counties in Kansas). Pick up the Passport Book at your local museum or print one out online at www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com
Coronado Quivira Museum, 105 W. Lyon St., Lyons, KS. Tuesday – Friday, 10:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday 10:am – 1:00pm. Closed Sunday and Monday www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Coronado Quivira Museum, 105 W. Lyon St., Lyons, KS. Tuesday – Friday, 10:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday 10:am – 1:00pm. Closed Sunday and Monday www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
For youth/adults “Read Across the Santa Fe Trail” to Coincide with Read Across America. Visit the public libraries in McPherson, Rice and Barton counties in Kansas, or your own town and read about the Santa Fe Trail! www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com
“Taking the Smoky Hill Trail to Santa Fe!” A special area of focus will be the "Hell on Wheels" town of Sheridan which became a jumping off place for freight to and from Santa Fe. Located in Wallace, KS. For more information: museum@ftwallace.com or 785-891-3564.
Program, “The Santa Fe Trail: Interstate of the 1800's,” presented by Linda Peters, President of the Wagonbed Springs Chapter of the SFTA. Finney County Historical Society, 403 S. 4th Street (@ Finnup Park), Garden City, KS. For more information: 620-272-3664.
"Buffalo Soldiers: Protecting the Santa Fe Trail," presentation by Jay Clark at the Barton County Historical Museum 85 U.S. 281 Great Bend, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com
"The Santa Fe Trail, an Overview," presentation by Dr. Leo F. Oliva at the Finney County Historical Society, 403 S. 4th Street (@ Finnup Park), Garden City, KS. For more information: 620-272-3664
Hass Building, 400 E 18th St, Larned, KS or via ZOOM. To attend via ZOOM, contact president@santafetrail.org for an invitation. For more information: info@santafetrail.org
Hass Building, 400 E 18th St, Larned, KS or via ZOOM. To attend via ZOOM, contact president@santafetrail.org for an invitation. For more information: info@santafetrail.org
Santa Fe Trail theme presented by Deb Goodrich. For more information www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com or Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com
Sterling Santa Fe Trail Theme, Downtown Sterling, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
At the Riverwalk, Council Grove, KS. Attend and enjoy, or plan on participating. For more information contact Holly at 785-466-6956 or www.santafetrail200.com
Near Fort Dodge, KS. For more information, contact: 9pwinger@gmail.com
Jeff Davidson kicks off the Main Street Sterling Summer Concert Series, with a musical history of the Santa Fe Trail and brings to life the distance, danger, opportunity, and magic of Trail travel. At Studio 96, 121 S. Broadway, Sterling KS. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Geneseo, KS. Noted historian and writer, Jim Gray commemorates the trail that connected the Smoky Hill Trail to Cow Creek Crossing on the Santa Fe Trail and provides a history of the trail that passed by the location of present-day Geneseo. The program will be at the Geneseo City Museum, 907 Silber AVE. Geneseo, KS. Events will include: Reenactors representing the hunting camp of Smoky Hill Thompson, a local frontiersman, Kansas frontier music by Zerf (Dave Zerfas) along with a Camp stew and biscuits feed. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.santafetrail2021.com
Held on the first Saturday in June, the day recognizes all the incredible benefits federal, state and local trails provide for recreation, exposure to nature and experiencing historic trails. Events held throughout the United States help promote awareness of the wide variety of services the trails systems offer. The day encourages people to discover their local trails and share their excitement for the outdoors. Various events observed nationally https://americanhiking.org/national-trails-day/
Dedication of new hiking trail and exhibits at Black Jack Park & Ivan Boyd Prairie Preserve, east of Baldwin City, KS. Details to be announced. For more information: Roger Boyd roger.boyd@bakeru.edu
“Ride into History Camp”, Barton County, KS. Barton County Museum Barton County Historical Museum, 85 U.S. 281, Great Bend, KS. Learn to be a Historical Performer! Ride into History will share their expertise on becoming a historical performer in a week-long camp. Create a historic persona of a someone from the period of the Santa Fe Trail and “become” that person! On Friday evening performance of characters created will be shared with the public. Registration is required -- opens April 1, 2021. $50 Fee, Scholarships Available. Class size is limited to 20 at each location. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Evening Program of “Ride Into History” Historical Performances; open to Public. Barton County Historical Museum, 85 U.S. 281, Great Bend, KS. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
The 2021 Signature Event will take place on North Lakeview Pasture near Council Grove in Morris County, Kansas. For more information and to order tickets: https://symphonyintheflinthills.org/
A re-creation of the mountain man era, pre-1840s, on the Santa Fe Trail. Hosted by the NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM. For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/sftrendezvous/ or contact Joe Kierst at htowngogs@gmail.com or 575-425-5433
“Ride into History Camp”, Rice County, KS. K-State Research and Extension Bldg,, 701 E. Main Lyons, KS. Learn to be a Historical Performer! Ride into History will share their expertise on becoming a historical performer in a week-long camp. Create a historic persona of a someone from the period of the Santa Fe Trail and “become” that person! On Friday evening performance of characters created will be shared with the public. Registration is required -- opens April 1, 2021. $50 Fee, Scholarships Available. Class size is limited to 20 at each location. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Historical Performances; open to Public. K-State Research and Extension Bldg, 701 E. Main Lyons, KS. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
“Ride into History Camp”, McPherson County, KS. McPherson Museum, 1111 E. Kansas Ave., McPherson, KS. Learn to be a Historical Performer! Ride into History will share their expertise on becoming a historical performer in a week-long camp. Create a historic persona of a someone from the period of the Santa Fe Trail and “become” that person! On Friday evening performance of characters created will be shared with the public. Registration is required -- opens April 1, 2021. $50 Fee, Scholarships Available. Class size is limited to 20 at each location. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Historical Performances; open to Public. McPherson Museum, 1111 E. Kansas Ave., McPherson, KS. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
120 E. Mill Street, Lindsborg, KS, “Mountain Men on the Santa Fe Trail,” including:
· 10:00am – 4:00pm: Mountain Man Camp.
· 1:00 - 2:00p.m: Ice cream social.
· 2:00 p. m: Tom Nestor presents, “History of the early fur trade from the Arkansas River trade to the Rocky Mountain trade”
All events at the Old Mill Museum, 120 E. Mill Street, Lindsborg, KS. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
With the theme being the Santa Fe Trail. Parade route: south on Broadway from Washington St. to Garfield St., Sterling, KS. For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Santa Fe Trail Theme, Celebration Centre, 1108 U.S. Highway 56, Lyons, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Enjoy a weekend of family entertainment with old west reenactments, art, poetry, and trail "grub." For more information contact the Council Grove/Morris County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism at 620.767.5413 or www.santafetrail200.com
Lewis and Papa: Adventure on the Santa Fe Trail by Barbara Joosse (pages of a story are posted through the park; participants read the story as they follow the “Story Walk”.) Story Walk hosted by the Moundridge Public Library and will be posted in the Moundridge City Park on Cole Street, 24/7 for two weeks. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Land of Enchantment: Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa Fe Trail. Moundridge Public Library, 220 S. Christian Ave., Moundridge, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com Library phone: 620-345-6355
All the Stars in the Sky. Moundridge Public Library, 220 S. Christian Ave., Moundridge, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com Library phone: 620-345-6355
Eastern McPherson County & Marion County Santa Fe Trail Days at the McPherson Museum, 1111 E. Kansas Ave., McPherson, KS. 6:00 p.m.--Appetizers, Cocktails and Dinner, followed at 7:00 p.m, by speaker Dr. Leo E. Oliva presenting: “What Did They Eat on the Santa Fe Trail?” For more information: Linda Colle, Phone: 620-241-8719, Email: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
9:30 am: Speaker John Stratton, “The Story of Fullers’ Ranch and Ed Miller’s Grave” Galva Fire Station, 300 S. Main, Galva, KS
9:00am-4:00pm: Events at Running Turkey Creek, a campsite on the Santa Fe Trail, 1 mile east and 2 miles south of Galva, KS on 22nd Ave, just before Iron Horse Road. Featuring:
· Cheyenne Encampment – Keven Hiebert
· Military Infantry Escort Camp – Rex and Dustin Abrahams
· Woman on the Santa Fe Trail – Emma Perera
· Cherokee Trail Connection to the Santa Fe Trail – Brian Stucky
· Empire Cemetery – Early day settlers of Empire and Galva, KS, Time TBD
1:00-3:00pm: Reenactment at Jones Cemetery- Ed Miller’s Grave; 2 miles east of Canton, Kansas on Highway 56 and approximately 1/2 mile north.
1:00 -- 2:00 pm: French Franks’ Ranche – Walking Tours
Marion County, on 245th Road, about ¼ mile West of Chisholm Trail Road
www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com For more information: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or 620-241-8719.
Start Independence, MO and end in Santa Fe, NM The American Solar Challenge is a competition to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross-country time/distance rally event. Teams compete between multiple cities across the country. The event has had over two decades of organized events in North America. In 2021, in observance of the Santa Fe Trail 200th the challenge will start in Independence, MO and end in Santa Fe, NM. https://www.americansolarchallenge.org/ For more information, contact: jessica_ostfeld@partner.nps.gov
Programs will focus on life on the Santa Fe Trail at the sites of Camp Grierson, Stone Corral – including a Buffalo Soldiers Camp, Swanson’s Swales and Fry’s Ruts. For more information: www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com quivira.sfta@gmail.com or 620-241-8719.
Events to be held at Council Oak Park, Council Grove, KS. Activities and times to be determined. www.santafetrail200.com
Program: Infantry Soldier of the 1860s. presented by Rex Abrahams, volunteer at Fort Larned NHS, at the Galva Fire Station, 300 S. Main, Galva, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com For more information: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or 620-241-8719.
Council Oak Park, Council Grove, KS. Details, Applications and Prizes to be announced. www.santafetrail200.com
To acknowledge the departure of William Becknell and companions, MRO will host a short program at the site of the SFTA markers at Franklin. Day-long activities will be held at Arrow Rock, MO. This will be a joint commemoration with Arrow Rock Missouri State Park (DNR) and Friends of Arrow Rock. For more information: MRO Chapter President, Anne Mallinson annemallinson@gmail.com or Larry Short ldshort@comcast.net
Sponsored by MRO/SFTA, Jackson County Parks & Rec and the Society of Friends of Fort Osage. For more information: MRO Chapter President, Anne Mallinson annemallinson@gmail.com or Larry Short ldshort@comcast.net
This annual event consists of a run/walk, and a Madonna “look-alike” short walk. Prizes will be awarded to winners including "most authentic" Madonna statue "look-alikes". Start and finish at the Madonna of the Trail Statue, Council Grove, KS. For more information, contact Jan at 303-775-5901. https://www.santafetrail200.com/dar-madonna-trudge
Community events to commemorate the Santa Fe Trail 200th in Raytown, MO. Hosted by the Missouri River Outfitters Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association, the Raytown Chamber of Commerce, the Raytown Historical Soc., the Raytown Parks Dept., the Rice-Tremonti House, and Cave Spring Association. For more information, contact: ldshort@comcast.net or president@raytownchamber.com
Including the “Voices of the Wind People Pageant,” Mountain Men Exposition, Antique Wagon Show, Blacksmith, Wheelwright, Non-motorized Parade, and participation of the Kaw Tribe. For more information contact the Council Grove/Morris County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism at 620.767.5413 or www.santafetrail200.com or on Facebook @voicesofthewindpeople
Plans are being developed to commemorate the Santa Fe Trail 200th in Burlingame. For more information, contact Sheila Curtis at shellicurti@gmail.com
Located in La Junta, CO
SFTA Symposium hosted by the Bent’s Fort Chapter and the Bent’s Fort National Historic Site. Events will be held in La Junta, CO & at Bent’s Old Fort NHS and will include speakers, tours, and living history. For more information, visit: www.2021sfts.com
For more information: www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Including “Fair on the Square,” Courthouse Square, Lyons, KS; Bike Ride, Horse Ride Time/ location TBD; Sunset at Gunsight Notch; and Dedication of Plum Buttes Massacre Memorial—Dinner in the Ruts at Ralph’s Ruts, West of Chase, KS on 4th road, ¾ miles north of Highway 56. For more information: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or 620-241-8719. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Including “Fair on the Square,” Courthouse Square, Lyons, KS; Bike Ride, Horse Ride Time/ location TBD; Sunset at Gunsight Notch; and Dedication of Plum Buttes Massacre Memorial—Dinner in the Ruts at Ralph’s Ruts, West of Chase, KS on 4th road, ¾ miles north of Highway 56. For more information: quivira.sfta@gmail.com or 620-241-8719. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Located at Coronado Quivira Museum, 105 W. Lyon St., Lyons, KS. An Interactive Digital Tour Experience will guide an audience through the 35 miles of the Santa Fe Trail sites in Rice County, Kansas at the Coronado Quivira Museum and on the museum’s website at www.cqmuseum.org Coronado Quivira Museum, 105 W. Lyon St., Lyons, KS. Tuesday – Friday, 10:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday 10:am – 1:00pm. Closed Sunday and Monday. www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
For more information: marty.hackett@trinidad.co.gov
2565 Pueblo Road, Canton, KS. For more information: 620-654-7230 maxwellwildliferefuge@gmail.com
Location TBD.
Visit www.smokyhilltrail.com for more information
A program by Robert Yarmer, “Tales from the Trail and the Beyond” at the Ellinwood Senior Center, 103 N. Main St., Ellinwood, KS www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
Corazón de los Caminos Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association and the Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Historic Preservation will join together to present programs to commemorate the meeting of Becknell & Gallegos near Las Vegas, NM. This is currently in the planning stage and more information will be posted as it becomes available. For more information, contact chapter president, Doyle Daves at davesgd@aim.com or 505-426-8958.
Old Mill Museum, 120 E. Mill Street, Lindsborg, KS. Learn how to research you ancestors that traveled on the Santa Fe Trail. For more information: www.2021SantaFeTrailKansas.com
200th Anniversary of the arrival of William Becknell and his trading party in Santa Fe. Details of any commemoration events will be forthcoming.
Located in Boonville, MO commemorating the return of Becknell from Santa Fe. Contact for more information: annemallinson@gmail.com or ldshort@comcast.net
The Workshop will focus on development of a new Strategic Plan for SFTA.
Located in Arrow Rock, MO commemorating Becknell’s second journey to Santa Fe (with 3 wagons). Contact for more information: annemallinson@gmail.com or ldshort@comcast.net
Location TBD.
Located in Larned, KS.
Location TBD.
Tentative dates Sept. 20 or 21-23 OR Sept. 27 or 28-30. Will be held in Kansas City area and hosted by the Missouri River Outfitters Chapter.
Location TBD.
Located in Larned, KS
To commemorate when Becknell joined with Augustus Storrs and M. M. Marmaduke, both of whom were to become major factors in the trade with the southwest. This was the first large wagon train to trade with Santa Fe. It consisted of 25 wagons and carts, 81 men, 150 to 200 horses and mules and $30,000.00 in trade goods. The expedition returned with $180,000.00 in coins, and $10,000.00 in fur pelts.
Location TBD.
Location TBD. 200th anniversary of the Sibley Survey, the Treaties with the Kaw and the Osage, and the First Mexican Traders travel the Santa Fe Trail to the east.
