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Show Marking the Santa Fe Trail. Thu famous old Santa Fe trail la to bo marked so that Its location will not bo forgotten. The school children ot Kansas were asked to contribute a penny each to securo suitable markers mark-ers for this pioneer highway of progress, prog-ress, and 309,166 respondod. With tl a fund the trail will be outlined in an enduring manner from Kansas City to Santa Fe, 800 miles as the caravans cara-vans made It, tho time consumed for ti e round trip being 110 days. It Is b vcd tho -all dates back to 1G40, wlwn a Span. eh ndvontuior led an expedition ex-pedition from Mexico as far north aa Kansas. But It wns not until tho bo-ginning bo-ginning of tho last century that tho American trader nnd ploioor utilized tho long trail that stretched out Into tho wilderness of the now El Do radp. |
