SANTA FE TRAIL POINTS OF INTEREST

CORONADO QUIVIRA MUSEUM 105 W Lyon; (620) 257-3941; www.cqmuseum.org
Come visit the Coronado Quivira Museum where you will find timeless exhibits taking you back to life on the plains, including a Santa Fe Trail interpretive exhibit.
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COW CREEK CROSSING AND BUFFALO BILL MATHEWSON’S HAND DUG WELL
Corner of N Ave. and 12th Rd., West of Lyons
This crossing was adjacent to the south side of the present bridge one mile south of the Father Padilla Cross. Perhaps the best-known surviving feature of the Cow Creek Crossing area is Buffalo Bill Mathewson’s Hand Dug Well. The well, with a DAR marker to the north of it is still there.
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ETERNAL FLAME 101 W Commercial; (620) 257-2320; www.lyonsks.org
The eternal flame was donated to Rice County in 1969 to honor our veterans and features a Civil War memorial.

JARVIS CREEK CROSSING AND CHAVEZ MURDER
P Ave. between 20th Rd. and 21st Rd., East of Lyons
North of the marker near the middle of the section, on what was originally called Owl Creek, Mexican trader Don Antonio José Chávez was the victim of Missouri ruffians in 1843.