• freight wagons on the Santa Fe Trail

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Amelia White Park

Amelia White Park - Two Way Street Wayside

"A Two Way Street" wayside exhibit

National Trails Intermountain Region

A Two Way Street

This exhibit is located in Amelia White Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It focuses on the two-way nature of the Santa Fe Trail, and highlights the contributions of Hispanic traders to this international highway of commerce.

NPS - January 2010

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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.