Fort Larned: Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail ebook

Fort Larned: Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail. It was founded in 1859 on the Santa Fe Trail to guard travel, commerce and railroad construction during the Indian Wars. we saw all the buildings, the barracks, the officers quarters and went on a guided tour.

Fort Larned: Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail. 0877260249 (ISBN13: 9780877260240). In the front they have a butterfly garden.

Leo E. Oliva’s books. Fort Larned On The Santa Fe Trail.

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Fort Larned on the Santa Fe Trail. Life was a harsh and risky business for troops at the post, who endured disease, low pay, and short rations while patrolling a vast and rugged frontier.

Fort Larned has been a Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail for over 150 years. The site itself and most of the staff was awesome to talk with and very helpful. worked with my daughter on Jr Ranger program had to step away for a school group. The man who filled in for her was less than pleasant and made the end of the visit a bit disappointing. We found out he was the boss/head ranger and made it even more disappointing. When someone asks my daughter about the site, that is the part she remembers and tells people.

Santa Fe Trail trivia. by. Oliva, Leo E; Oliva, Bonita M. Publication date. Woodston, Kan. : Western Books. inlibrary; printdisabled; ; china.

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880. Santa Fe was near the end of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, which carried trade from Mexico City.

Although only an active fort for 20 + years, Fort Larned was the "Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail"

Although only an active fort for 20 + years, Fort Larned was the "Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail". Superb staff and active volunteer Friends group make this a " gotta see" attraction, and it is free. Fascinating restoration of stone fort; western forts were typically not the vertical log structures you saw in "Fort Apache" movies.

Tree in the Trail - Santa Fe Trail Natl Scenic Byway. Book - DPL has copies- Owl Woman: Her Life with William Bent by Sandy Dexter. Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway (New Mexico) - The Web Video Encyclopedia. This historic route takes several paths across northeastern New Mexico. The colorful sky of a Prairie Sunset at Fort Larned National Historic Site, Protector of the Santa Fe Trail, taken by Doug Kuony, Pinned with Permission. The colorful sky of a Prairie Sunset at Fort Larned National Historic Site, Protector of the Santa Fe Trail, taken by Doug Kuony, 2014. Pinned with Permission.