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These six black and white photographs show views of the Santa Fe Trail near Dodge City, Kansas. The trial opened as a commerce and military highway, in 1821, when William Becknell lead the first expedition from Franklin, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The route crossed through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: 1956
Item Number: 228171
Call Number: TE SF.1956 *12-17, 30-38, 40-47, 49-50
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228171
Agriculture - Environment - Landscape
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s - 1956
Environment - Landscape
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Counties - Ford
Thematic Time Period - Exploration, 1541 - 1820
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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