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 opening to trade through “The Santa Fe Trail Lives On: 200 years of Commerce and Cultural Connection” from September 22 to 26. The symposium will showcase living history experiences, distinguished speakers, tours, food and more.
It was a painful, dark chapter of family history.
But during a pilgrimage to the site in 2008 with other survivors and his own family, standing on the barrack foundation where his family once lived after relocation, the stories came flooding out.
“When I was standing next to my father there at the Amache memorial during the ceremony, I could just see the look on his face and the emotions on his face and in his eyes,” Homma shared, holding back tears, during a community roundtable on April 23 discussing new legislation that would incorporate the former incarceration facility into the National Park system.
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