 Logo Indicates
Certified Santa Fe National Historic Trail Sites
Sites on the National Register of Historic Places are noted (NRHP)
National Historic Landmarks are noted (NHL)
|
| Santa Fe Trail Site
|
Description
|
Franklin Site
20K
 |
The site of Franklin is north of the Missouri river and about 0.5
miles west of the Boonville Bridge on Missouri Highway 87. Franklin was the town
where William Becknell and his party started out for Santa Fe in 1821 and
followed parts of the Osage Trace. They returned with substantial profits,
signaling the opening of the Santa Fe Trail. Franklin was damaged by Missouri
River floods in 1826-1827. In 1828 New Franklin was established inland from the
river. Old Franklin retained the US Land Office until 1831. The historic site is
north of the present river channel. |
Harley Park Overlook
24K
 |
From Main Street, turn west on Spring Street/Santa Fe Trail
and proceed 1 mile to park entrance (Parkway Drive). The
overlook is of the Missouri River and the Boone's Lick/Franklin
region, where William Becknell commenced and ended his first
trip on the Santa Fe Trail. Exhibits are at the site. |
Salt Spring, Boone's Lick
State Historic Site
(NRHP)
27K
 |
Boone's Lick is a Missouri State Historic Site north of Petersburg.
The salt lick or natural saltwater spring was the primary salt producer
for settlements along the Missouri River from 1805 until the 1830s. Nathan
and Daniel Morgan Boone, sons of Daniel Boone, developed this economic resource.
It was at Franklin that the Santa Fe Trail began as an extension of the Boone's
Lick Road.
|
|
