Articles /kansas-magazine/articles/ Articles Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:12:21 +0000 Two Hundred Years of the Santa Fe Trail /kansas-magazine/articles/post/two-hundred-years-of-the-santa-fe-trail/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/two-hundred-years-of-the-santa-fe-trail/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/two-hundred-years-of-the-santa-fe-trail/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0400

A vital land trail receives recognition and a reappraisal of its role in American history and in shaping the future of Kansas

ksm-santa-fe-trail-painting-2Illustrations by Doug Holdread, courtesy of the Santa Fe Trail Association

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A new permanent exhibition highlights the role and the legacy of a military outpost on the Santa Fe Trail

Fort Larned National Historic Site sits amid fields and along a meandering line of trees

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kansas-magazine-santa-fe-trail​Illustrations by Doug Holdread, Courtesy

A vital land trail receives recognition and a reappraisal of its role in American history and in shaping the future of Kansas

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Traveler viewing the Cimarron National Grassland from Point of Rocks

In 1863, a 62-year-old Italian immigrant named Giovanni de Agostini (or João Maria D’Agostini), also known as Father Francesco,

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ANDREA ETZEL (AE): Tell me about yourself, and how your journey lead you to Mahaffie?

ALEXIS RADIL (AR): I was born in Nebraska and have lived in Kansas most of my adult life, so I consider myself

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