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Certified Santa Fe National Historic Trail Sites
Sites on the National Register of Historic Places are noted (NRHP)
National Historic Landmarks are noted (NHL)
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| Santa Fe Trail Site
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Description
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| Jarvis (Chavez) Creek Crossing
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The Jarvis (Chavez) Creek Crossing is located near the center of section 17, Wilson Township,
and west of the Little Arkansas River, along Jarvis Creek in Rice County. The
site is important because Antonio Jose Chavez, a Hispanic trader, was murdered
here in 1843. The murder became an international incident, with ramifications
in Washington, D.C. and Mexico City. |
Cow Creek Crossing
34K
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Cow Creek Crossing is about 4 miles west of Lyons on US Highway 56,
1 mile south, then west to a bridge over Cow Creek. The actual crossing was just
south of the present bridge. Cow Creek was an important campground and crossing
where a trading ranch and a stage station developed in 1858. Stones for crossing
the streambed were identified during the drought of 1988, south from the west
end of the present bridge. |
Buffalo Bill Mathewson's Well
28K
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Buffalo Bill's Well is 4 miles west of Lyons on US Highway 56, then
1 mile south on a gravel road. At this point two gravel roads intersect, and the
well is in the northwest quadrant of that intersection near the road. The well
was originally dug to serve the Beach Ranch at Cow Creek crossing, providing
water for livestock as well as for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail.
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