Sunday, 6 May 2018

Carried by Mule Train, Santa Fe, USA





Mule Trains used to carry mails in thr Santa Fe Train at Fort Larned, Kansas. A cover carried by the Mule train re-enactment, commemorating 150 years of the improvement of the trail by William Becknell (1787 or 1788–30 April 1865) , who was a soldier, politician, and freight operator credited with opening the Santa Fe Trail in 1821 and improving the route.

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