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santafenewmexican > A monument placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution marks the site of Old Franklin, Mo., where William Becknell started his first trading trip on the Santa Fe Trail. Old Franklin was destroyed in a flood and the trailhead was moved farther west.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > Trade items shipped from St. Louis were unloaded from steamboats and barges near Old Franklin, to continue their journey west by wagon.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > No structures are left in Old Franklin, where the Santa Fe Trail began.
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santafenewmexican > William Becknell stopped in Arrow Rock, Mo., returning from his first trip to Santa Fe. Legend has it that he ripped opened his bags full of coins, and let the Spanish gold roll into the town's stone gutters.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > Agribusiness has replaced many of the small Missouri farms that travelers on the trail described in their journals.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > By 1880, railroads had replaced wagon trains for cross-country trade.
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santafenewmexican > A farmhouse in the Flint Hills of Kansas sits along the old trail.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > Old wagon ruts are often hard to find in Kansas' tall grass.
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santafenewmexican > The Kansas town of Council Grove catered to wagon trades for decades.
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santafenewmexican > Today the Last Chance store is closed.
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santafenewmexican > Most of the Kansas prairie that the wagons traversed has been plowed under. A few thousand acres have been preserved by the Nature Conservancy.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > A natural gas plant has brought industry to the Kansas plains.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > A monument at Pawnee Rock in Kansas pays homage to the brave men and women of the Santa Fe Trail. Few women traveled the trail, as it was a trading route, and not a route of immigration like the Oregon Trail.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

santafenewmexican > After Fort Larned was abandoned by the Army, it became a ranch and was preserved in private hands for a century, before becoming National Park Service property.
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santafenewmexican > Fort Larned in Kansas was established by the U.S. Army to protect trail traffic from attack by Plains tribes.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

A monument placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution marks the site of Old Franklin, Mo., where William Becknell started his first trading trip on the Santa Fe Trail. Old Franklin was destroyed in a flood and the trailhead was moved farther west.
Photos by Robin and Meade Martin/The New Mexican

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