Tags: Santa Fe Trail
Education, Interpretation, and Cultural Expression
Education is one of the most valuable resources that the National Trails System has to offer. 2022 hosted a robust array of educational opportunities for both youth and adults helping to foster deeper relationships with landscapes and histories across the nation. The successful youth education…
Santa Fe Trail Association Revisits “High Potential Sites and Segments”
By Joanne VanCoevern, Santa Fe Trail Association Manager The National Trails System Act (Act), originally passed in 1968, requires that National Historic Trails identify High Potential Sites and Segments (HPSS). While the Act states that “high potential historic sites” means those historic sites related to…
Santa Fe National Historic Trail 2021 Highlights
The Santa Fe Trail Association provided the following highlights for the Santa Fe NHT during the 2021 calendar year: Conserving Trail Lands and Boosting Climate Resilience A new pedestrian hiking trail with interpretive wayside exhibits was opened in 2021 at the Black Jack Rut Site…
The Santa Fe Trail Celebrates 200th Anniversary
by National Park Service; Adapted from Federal agency emails and news releases. Two hundred years ago, a group of Americans ventured west from Franklin, Missouri to trade in Santa Fe (then Mexico). The route they forged would grow into a commercial highway within a web…
2020 Santa Fe National Historic Trail Highlights
Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) OUTREACH 200th Anniversary — SFTA launched a new website for the Santa Fe Trail 200th at: www.santafetrail200.org SFTA provided assistance and input to Dave Kendall in his production of a documentary for the Santa Fe Trail 200th. SFTA assisted with…
2019 Santa Fe National Historic Trail Highlights
Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) OUTREACH Events — SFTA held a workshop in New Mexico with NPS staff participation on cooperative topics. SFTA held a symposium in St. Louis, MO, “Gateway to Santa Fe,” with educational speakers and tours to sites related to the history…
Della Orton’s dream: NPF project spurs Santa Fe Trail’s Rock Creek Crossing
by Joanne VanCoevern, Manager, Santa Fe Trail Association In 2015, Della Orton, owner of property located along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail (SFNHT) corridor and the Rock Creek Crossing, alerted the Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) of her desire to open up her private property…
Youth program updates from the Santa Fe Trail Association
by Janet Armstead, Director of the Junior Wagon Master Program, Santa Fe Trail Association The Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) has been developing age-appropriate educational activity booklets for its Junior Wagon Master Program since 2008 and holding Santa Fe Trail Youth Trips, which use these…
Santa Fe NHT: 2018 Highlights
Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) OUTREACH SFTA chapters installed new interpretive wayside exhibits at trail related sites in their areas. Completed signage showing where the Santa Fe NHT crossed current roadways in Osage, Wabaunsee, Lyon, and Morris counties in eastern Kansas. Began work on four…
Discovering Geocaching: NPS and Chesapeake Conservancy launch GeoTour
by Patrick G. Smith, Communications and Partnership Coordinator, Chesapeake Conservancy There is a new way for adventurers to discover the Chesapeake’s special places. The Find Your Chesapeake GeoTour® is the combined effort of the National Park Service (NPS), Chesapeake Conservancy, and volunteers with the Maryland Geocaching…
