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Scott County will host a Vietnam War-era veterans event on Tuesday, March 29.

Art pieces along with stories and improved marketing will help Canyons and Plains promote the Santa Fe Trail bicentennial.

LA Junta Tribune After William Becknell traveled down the Santa Fe Trail in September 1821, the West would never be the same. “(The Santa Fe Trail) was the first commerce trail from Missouri to Santa Fe,” said Linda Bourne, committee member for the Bent’s Fort Chapter’s 2021 Santa Fe Trail Bicentennial Symposium. “There’s a lot of history along the way.” The Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail’s ope...

Prudhomme Fort Chapter, CDXVIIC Hosts Marking Ceremonies At Williamsburg Cemetery Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Braylan Bull of Martha Stewart Bulloch Society, Children of the American Revolution, reading the language of the new Williamsburg Cemetery sign; along with the Mintie Cantrell Willson family members; and Janet Cantrell, president of Prudhomme Fort Chapter CDXVIIC Prudhomme Fort Chapter Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century members, from left, Cynthia Guffey; Susan Whelchel; Pauline Mo...