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Clayton Population—2968 Elevation—4969 ft. Trade caravans and homesteaders traveling the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail passed...

Near here an African-American cowboy, George McJunkin, discovered a spear point between the ribs of an extinct species of bison (Bison...

Here the Santa Fe Trail crossed the North Canadian River.

Charles Goodnight, the great Texas cattleman, used the Trinchera Pass branch of the Goodnight-Loving Trail until 1875.

Established 1903 by the 35th Legislative Assembly.

These two striking mounds were the first features to become visible to Santa Fe Trail traffic crossing into New Mexico from Oklahoma, and...

These two striking mounds were the first features to become visible to Santa Fe Trail traffic crossing into New Mexico from Oklahoma, and...

Sally Rooke, Heroine of the Dry Cimarron Flood (1843--1908) On the night of August 27, 1908, while working as a telephone operator, Sally...

The Santa Fe Trail was the major trade route between New Mexico and Missouri from 1821 until the arrival of the railroad in 1880.

William Becknell, the first Santa Fe Trail trader, entered Santa Fe in 1821 after Mexico became independent from Spain and opened its...

Between 1871 and 1873, Bazil Metcalf constructed a toll road from the Dry Cimarron through Tollgate Gap, providing one of the few...