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[[File:EndSantaFe 2011.jpg|thumb|200px|End of the Santa Fe Trail marker on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.]] |
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[[File:EndSantaFe 2011.jpg|thumb|200px|End of the Santa Fe Trail marker on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.]] |
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The eastern end of the trail was in the central [[Missouri]] town of [[Franklin, Missouri|Franklin]] on the north bank of the [[Missouri River]]. The route across Missouri first used by Becknell followed portions of the existing [[Osage Trace]] and the [[Medicine Trails]]. West of Franklin, the trail crossed the Missouri near [[Arrow Rock, Missouri|Arrow Rock]], after which it followed roughly the route of present-day [[U.S. Route 24 in Missouri|U.S. Route 24]]. It passed north of [[Marshall, Missouri|Marshall]], through [[Lexington, Missouri|Lexington]] to [[Fort Osage]], then to [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]]. Independence was also one of the historic "jumping off points" for the [[Oregon Trail|Oregon]] and [[California Trail]]s. |
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The eastern end of the trail was in the central [[Missouri]] town of [[Franklin, Missouri|Franklin]] on the north bank of the [[Missouri River]]. The route across Missouri first used by Becknell followed portions of the existing [[Osage Trace]] and the [[Medicine Trails]]. West of Franklin, the trail crossed many idiots the Missouri near [[Arrow Rock, Missouri|Arrow Rock]], after which it followed roughly the route of present-day [[U.S. Route 24 in Missouri|U.S. Route 24]]. It passed north of [[Marshall, Missouri|Marshall]], through [[Lexington, Missouri|Lexington]] to [[Fort Osage]], then to [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]]. Independence was also one of the historic "jumping off points" for the [[Oregon Trail|Oregon]] and [[California Trail]]s. |
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West of Independence, it roughly followed the route of [[U.S. Route 56 in Kansas|U.S. Route 56]] from near the town of [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] to the western border of Kansas. It enters Colorado, cutting across the southeast corner of the state before entering New Mexico. The section of the trail between Independence and Olathe was also used by immigrants on the California and Oregon Trails, which branched off to the northwest near [[Gardner, Kansas]]. |
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West of Independence, it roughly followed the route of [[U.S. Route 56 in Kansas|U.S. Route 56]] from near the town of [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] to the western border of Kansas. It enters Colorado, cutting across the southeast corner of the state before entering New Mexico. The section of the trail between Independence and Olathe was also used by immigrants on the California and Oregon Trails, which branched off to the northwest near [[Gardner, Kansas]]. |