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True West Magazine Two Kansas City boys hiked the famous road west in 1874 to make their mark in the cattle trade. The Arkansas River flowed by the original Fort Lyon complex, American Indian teepees and livestock. The river flooded the first fort in 1866, causing the second fort to be built near Las Animas in 1867. – Courtesy of The Denver Public Library, Western History Collection, X-19367 – The Santa Fe Trail, a vital commercial route, developed international trade between the United Sta...