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Along the Santa Fe Trail in Rice County, Kansas |
by Marjorie Seaton Marshall
Howard and I were raised in Lyons, Kansas, not far from where the Santa Fe Trail passed through Rice County. Both of us graduated from high school there, so we go back for our class reunions. In September 2005, we met with the Class of 1950 - but before dinner we drove around some of the places where the Marshalls and the Seatons had lived in years past. My family lived just north of Saxman for a few years, so we went past the old house which is in an advanced state of decay. I believe it's on the southeast corner of the intersection of Avenue Q and 20th Road. About half a mile north of the intersection are the markers shown just below. 38' 17" N, 98'07" W (approximated) | ||
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We went to an all-school
reunion in 2008, and this time we drove about four miles west of
Lyons, and a mile or so south to the Buffalo Bill Mathewson well.
I just looked it up on Google Maps and the well is at the junction
of 12th Road and Avenue N. The Father Padilla cross is at the intersection of Hwy. 56 and 12th Road. See www.panoramio.com/photo/11179875 |
Santa Fe Trail Links
The Ranch at Cow Creek Crossing
Coronado-Quivira Museum, Lyons
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