• Santa Fe Trail Association, official site
• Santa Fe Trail Center, official site
• Larned's Santa Fe Trail Center
• Larned Chamber of Commerce
• Larned for the Tourist

• Oregon-California Trails Association
• National Frontier Trails Center

On-Line Maps of the Santa Fe Trail:

The trail in Kansas: Eastern trail | Central trail | Western trail |
Local feature maps: Santa Fe Trail (GNIS) | Comprehensive map (SFTnet)
Mexico recognized the Arkansas River as its northern border with the USA in 1819
Search Current & Historical Maps

Maps of the Santa Fe Trail in books:

• "Dales MORGAN (ed.) : Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS, 2 volumes, 1963; First Bison book printing; 1993. In particular: Map of the Emigrand Road from Independance to St Francisco, by T.H. JEFFERSON, vol. 1, pp. between 236-237; and vol.2, pp. 456-457.
• Robert H. FERRELL, Richard NATKIEL : Atlas of American History. FACTS ON FILE, 1993;
• Warren A. BECK, Ynez D. HAASE : Historical Atlas of the American West. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS,1989; first paperback printing, 1992;
• Warren A. BECK, YNES A. HAASE : Historical Atlas of New Mexico. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1969;
• A. RAY STEPHENS, William M. HOLMES : Historical Atlas of Texas. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1989
• Richard PATTERSON : Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West. JOHNSON BOOKS, 1993.

People & Families along the Trail

• Western graves, many with Santa Fe Trail connections (Ulevic)
• Genealogy surname searches
• Genealogy by state:
  • Missouri:
    1. MOGenWeb Project
    2. Lone Jack: I have a cemetery book of the Lone Jack cemetery and would be happy to do lookups if anyone is interested. My grandfather was born there and there are many relations still living in that area, Lee's Summit, etc. Cemetery book have over 801 obits. Checked on an 1895 Atlas and, at the time, Lone Jack had a population of 111 ... no wonder they kept marrying into the same families; not too many around to pick from. Sally Pavia, Sun City, AZ
  • Kansas:
    1. Kansas Interactive Genealogy (KS Heritage)
    2. KSGenWeb Project
    3. Kansas Surnames (KS Heritage to Rootsweb)
    4. Kansas Families (KS Heritage)
    5. The Kansas Genealogical Society
  • Colorado: COGenWeb Project
  • Oklahoma: OKGenWeb Project
  • New Mexico: NMGenWeb Project
• The BURLESON family's Pioneer Story
• CHOUTEAU family
  • Fur traders, and the Santa Fe Trail
  • Chouteau's Island
• HAGAN, Wagon master on the Trail

On-Line Email list, Newsgroups, Magazines, Maps, and Pictures

• Santa Fe Trail email list from GCNet
  • archived messages (GCNet)
  • Subscribe or Unsubscribe on-line
• Newsgroups on-line discussions (updated 2/22/2000)
  • Search for Santa Fe Trail (search results appear a bit down the page)
    
  • Related discussions: rec.bicycles.rides
  • rec.outdoors.camping
  • rec.outdoors.national-parks
  • rec.travel.usa-canada
  • rec.travel.misc
  • message from soc.history.war.us-civil-war: Re: Sibley's Campaign
  • Discussions on Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico
• Outside magazine
• Maps: see also SFT maps
  • Feature search through USGS
    (county and state info on streams, cemeteries, schools, lakes, trails, etc.)
  • Oregon Trail map
  • Planning Travel with Current & Historical Maps
  • Eastern KS and western MO (old)
  • Perry-Castaqeda Library Map Collection
  • Trailblazers101 - Lewis and Clark were not alone
• Santa Fe Trail NM picture site
• NE New Mexico
• Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway
• eCard Index includes SFT pictures
• Kansas CountyCam
• Some of Sween's Santa Fe Trail pictures and more eCards
• More pictures on-line through Lycos

Other Trails to Follow (see on-line maps)

American Discovery Trail | America's National Scenic Byways | American West transportation, rivers, trails | Appalachian Trail | The Virtual California Trail (OCTA) | Cherokee Trail | Chisolm Trail | Heritage Gateways (Mormon Trail) | The National Trust for Historic Preservation | Historic Sites on the Trail | Search for trails on the HistoryChannel | Kansas Historic Trails (Chinn & Laughead) | Mormon Pioneer Trail | National Parks | The National Road, US Route 40 (Brusca) | The Overland Trail and Trails West (Elizabeth Larson) | Pacific Crest Trail | * Wells Fargo (Pony Express, etc.) | ** Mining Co: US Trails | Lewis and Clark Trail:
200 years: Lewis and Clark Trail | Lewis and Clark Trail | Oregon Trail:
Oregon & California Trails Association (OCTA) | Santa Fe - Oregon - California Trails: Overland trails map (Isern) | The Donner party followed the Santa Fe Trail on their way to the Oregon trail and CA | The Donner party crossed the Kaw River and kept journals (1846). Book: Patty Reed's Doll
Oregon Trail/California Trail/Independence Road, VLib.us
Oregon Trail - National Parks Service | Oregon Trail Online game from MECC | PBS: In Search of the Oregon Trail

* Steven Madsen, at Steven.Madsen@granite.k12.ut.us has information about the Spanish Trail. See his work, In Search of the Spanish Trail (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Inc.,1994), or E-Mail him.