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Commemorating 200 Years of the Santa Fe Trail - Part 2 (DAR Markers)

By J. Schafer
Published February 19, 2021 at 5:11 AM CST
Overland Park resident Pat Traffas, with the Kansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, stands next to a DAR marker near Lanesfield School in Johnson County.
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Documentarians Dave Kendall and Rex Buchanan are working together to tell the story of the Santa Fe Trail as the nation observes the 200th anniversary of the Great Prairie Highway.
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Special activities will be taking place across Kansas and Missouri - and all the way to New Mexico - in the months to come. September 2021 marks the bicentennial of the Santa Fe Trail, the historic trading route that meandered from Missouri, across Kansas and into the mountains of northern New Mexico.

Learn more about the Santa Fe Trail and a new documentary in production about the famous trading route at PrairieHollow.net. 

Listen to Part 1 of this monthly radio series.
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J. Schafer
J. Schafer is the News Director of Kansas Public Radio. He’s also the Managing Editor of the Kansas Public Radio Network, which provides news and information to other public radio stations in Kansas and Missouri.
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