Hi Trail Fans The March, 2002 Spotlight of the Month is The Santa Fe Trail: The Great Trail of Commerce http://www.stjohnks.net/santafetrail/ The authors of this website claim: "Within this website you will find information on the Santa Fe Trail as it makes it way through the west half of the State of Kansas." That is an understatement! On the almost 500 pages of this site you'll find information about explorers of the area from Coronado, Jedediah Smith, Zebulon Pike and Josiah Gregg, to the government expeditions led by Sibley, Emory, Whipple and St. George Cooke, to the early entrepreneurs along the Santa Fe Trail such as Becknell, Bent, and Magoffin. GPS locations are given for the military forts along the trail, the river crossings, and various markers placed along the trail, including those of the DAR. The sites of Indian treaties are discussed along with present day museums and current archeological digs. Later activity on the trail, from the stage route of the Butterfield Overland Dispatch and the Smoky Hill Route to the laying of the rails for the Union Pacific RR, is all found here. The authors go into great detail about how to follow the trail today by automobile. There are numerous present day and historical photos and sketches. The entire site is well documented, with numerous pages of "footnotes" and bibliographies, and new information continues to be added, so visit it often. There is no part of the Santa Fe Trail through Kansas left untouched! This little bit of information about this website on the Santa Fe Trail only touches the surface! There's also a good "search engine" to use for the site. Hope you enjoy the March Spotlight! Don't forget to visit the previous Spotlights at: http://www.over-land.com/spotlites.html Also don't forget that I'm always taking suggestions for future "Spotlights" Let me know about your favorite trail site! Thanks Liz