page_title: Santa Fe Trail Historical Park
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Fe Trail Historical Park
caption_attribution_description: Sign for Santa Fe National Historic Trail.
context_page_description: Santa Fe Trail Historical Park, also called Pioneer Park, is located on the bank of the San Gabriel River in El Monte, California. The location was designated a California Historic Landmark on Aug. 13, 1987. This was the first an encampment on the Old Spanish Trail. The Old Spanish Trail and was an extension of the trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Gila River trail also ended in El Monte. By the 1850s, those in El Monte started to call the town the `End of the Santa Fe Trail.” This claim is disputed by some, such as the Santa Fe in New Mexico. In the 1800s permanent settlements were established by immigrants from Texas and Arkansas, the first settlement in Southern California founded by citizens of the United States.
  The state marker for the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park is located at 3675 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte, CA 91731. The City of El Monte held a ceremony to dedicate the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park on June 2, 1989.
  El Monte built the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park in 1989, at Valley Blvd and Santa Anita Ave. The one-acre park has two historic structures and a covered wagon.
context_section_description: Santa Fe Trail Historical Park, also called Pioneer Park, is located on the bank of the San Gabriel River in El Monte, California. The location was designated a California Historic Landmark (No. 975) on Aug. 13, 1987. This was the first an encampment on the Old Spanish Trail. The Old Spanish Trail and was an extension of the trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Gila River trail also ended in El Monte. By the 1850s, those in El Monte started to call the town the `End of the Santa Fe Trail.” This claim is disputed by some, such as the Santa Fe in New Mexico.  In the 1800s permanent settlements were established by immigrants from Texas and Arkansas, the first settlement in Southern California founded by citizens of the United States.  
  The state marker for the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park is located at 3675 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte, CA 91731. The City of El Monte held a ceremony to dedicate the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park on June 2, 1989.
  El Monte built the (now closed) Santa Fe Trail Historical Park in 1989, at Valley Blvd and Santa Anita Ave. The one-acre park has two historic structures and a covered wagon. The park is on the west side of Santa Anita Avenue, just a few blocks north of the Interstate 10 in California freeway and south of the El Monte City Hall. Soon after it opened, the park closed, and the city has no plans to reopen it. The El Monte Historical Museum at 3150 Tyler Avenue show cases the Santa Fe Trail and El Monte's Historical importance to Southern California.
caption: Santa Fe Trail highway sign in Cimarron, New Mexico
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