• freight wagons on the Santa Fe Trail

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Strang Park

Strang Park is located in Overland Park, Kansas. The site has hosted many different types of transportation, including wagons on the Santa Fe Trail.

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Did You Know?

A barbed wire fence and windmill are near the Point of Rocks formation on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail in New Mexico

Opened in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail became the lifeline for protection and communication between Missouri and Santa Fe. Military forts opened along the route to protect trail travel and trade, and freighting and merchant operations boomed.