Santa Fe Trail Days - Eastern McPherson County & Marion County

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Location:

Various sites in McPherson & Marion County, Kansas

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Dates & Times

Date:

Friday, July 23, 2021

Time:

Sunrise

Type of Event

Festival

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Description

Join us for Santa Fe Trail days and experience living history, presentations by trail experts, trail site tours, and revelry with fellow trail enthusiasts. Topics will include food on the trail, Cheyenne encampments on the trail, women on the trail, the Cherokee Trail connection, and more!

This event is hosted by the Quivira Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association.

Schedule:

July 23

McPherson Museum

1111 E. Kansas Ave., McPherson, KS.  

• 6:00p.m. - Appetizers, Cocktails and Dinner 
• 7:00p.m - Speaker Leo Oliva – What Did They Eat on the Santa Fe Trail? 

July 24 

Galva, KS

Galva Museum

204 S. Main, Galva, KS

• 9:00am–4:00pm - Special display about the Santa Fe Trail, kid-friendly KSHS traveling trunk about Trading on the Santa Fe Trail. 

56 Family Restaurant

220 E. U.S. Highway 56, Galva, KS

• 10:00am-12:00pm - Speaker Tom Nestor and his teepee, cooking up traditional foods from the time of the Santa Fe Trail
• See the special Santa Fe Trail mural created by Barb Bland on display inside the restaurant

Woodbury Market

305 E. U.S. Highway 56, Galva, KS

• Activities throughout day

Running Turkey Creek (Santa Fe Trail campsite)

1 mile east and 2 miles south of Galva, KS on 22^nd Ave, just before Iron Horse Road

9:00am-4:00pm

• Cheyenne Encampment – Keven Hiebert
• Military Infantry Escort Camp – Rex and Dustin Abrahams
• Woman on the Santa Fe Trail & Fuller’s Ranch History – Emma Perera
• Cherokee Trail Connection to the Santa Fe Trail – Brian Stucky
• Empire Cemetery – Don & Sandra Unruh, Early day settlers of Empire and Galva, KS, Time TBD

Canton, KS

Canton Township Carnegie Library

203 N. Main street, Canton, KS.

• 10:00am – 3:00pm – Santa Fe Trail display, speakers and refreshments  

Jones Cemetery- Ed Miller’s Grave

2 miles east of Canton, Kansas on Highway 56 and approximately 1/2 mile north.

• 1:00-3:00pm – Reenactment

McPherson County Fair Parade

Downtown Canton, KS

• 6:00pm

Marion County

French Franks’ Ranche

240^th Road, 1/10 mile west of Chisholm Trail Road; enter at the green gates and follow the lane north past the containers.

• 1:00pm & 2:00pm – Guided walking tours

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