Kansas 150 photos

Ruts along the Santa Fe Trail are still visible nearly two centuries after the trail first became a commerce route between Missouri and Santa Fe. The ruts in this photo are in Marion County and are visible in the photo - along the ridge of prairie, running horizontally across the land.

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Steve Schmidt showing visitors what direction the Santa Fe Trail ran across his Marion County property.

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Sunrise on the Foster Farm on Ash Creek near Pawnee Rock, one of the stopping points along the Santa Fe Trail. Members of the Foster family placed remnants of an old wagon near their farmstead to commemorate the historic trail.

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Trail marker highlighting the heyday of the Santa Fe Trail, placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Leo Oliva, Kansas historian and writer, walks along historic ruts of the Santa Fe Trail.

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A headstone for Ed Miller, killed in McPherson County in the 1860s

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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle