Historical re-enactors at Fort Osage National Historic Landmark conduct a cannon fire demonstration during Thursdays festivities to mark the 200th anniversary of the Sibley Survey, which started near the fort in northeastern Jackson County and was commissioned by Congress to formally mark the Santa Fe Trail trading route to New Mexico. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Santa Fe Trail, a trading route running from Franklin, Missouri to what is now New Mexico, started after Mexico gained…
