Abstract

The Santa Fe Trail: Locating Historic Trails in Urbanized Environments
Track: Urban and Regional Planning
Authors: matthew schulte

In 1998 no digital database existed for the Santa Fe Trail. Many of its supporting documents are one of a kind and not readily available to the public. In urbanized environments most of the trail is obscured by development. In collaboration with the NPS, Long Distance Trails Association & USGS, a digital database was developed using a combination of techniques, including analysis of historic imagery, surveys, probate records, & road petitions, to recreate the Trail alignment in Jackson County MO