July

New Mexico - End of the Trail Chapter - 7.19.08 -- 8:30 a.m.  Field Trip to Romeroville, NM presented by John Gamertsfelder - Corazon Chapter member.  Possible extension to Anton Chico, NM. Meet at Stuart Udall Museum Resource Building on Camino Lejo - Museum Hill at 8:30 am for carpool departure at 8:45 a.m. Information: Joy Poole, amusejoy@msn.com

New Mexico - Corazón de los Caminos Chapter - 7.19.08 -- 10:00 a.m. -- Romeroville, Meet with End of Trail Chapter to tour Romeroville and possibly Anton Chico. Information: fayegaines@yahoo.com

Kansas - Cottonwood Crossing Chapter - 7.24.08 -- Marion, Kansas, Christian Church, 140 Elm, Marion Kansas, 6:00 PM Meal- Program 7:00 PM: Shirley Coupal, State President of the DAR, will present a program about the DAR’s SFT markers and the DAR’s program to clean and restore the markers. Information: wfordok@yahoo.com

August

New Mexico - Corazón de los Caminos Chapter - 8.16.08 -- 10:00 a.m. -- La Cueva - Salmon Ranch. Tour to Mora and sites in the Mora Valley including Ceran St. Vrain’s gravesite. Information: fayegaines@yahoo.com

September

Kansas - Cottonwood Crossing Chapter - 9.11.08 -- Galva, Kansas Community Center, 6:00 p.m. meal - reservations required. 7:00 p.m. program, SFTA Manager Harry Myers “Trade Goods on the Camino Real and Santa Fe Trail.” Information: wfordok@yahoo.com

Kansas - Santa Fe Trail Association Board of Directors Meeting - 9.18.08 -- 9:00 a.m. Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, KS. Information: Linda Revello, trailassn@gbta.net.

Kansas - Santa Fe Trail Association Rendezvous - Sept 18 - 20 -- 8:00 a.m. Larned Community Center, Larned, KS. “Evolution of Freighting on the Santa Fe Trail,” talks at the community center and exhibits and demonstrations at Fort Larned National Historic Site.

New Mexico - End of the Trail Chapter - 9.20.08 -- 1:30 p.m. Eldorado Community Center: Mary Jean Straw Cook on her new book Dona Tules Santa Fe’s Courtesan and Gambler. Information: Joy Poole, amusejoy@msn.com

New Mexico - Corazón de los Caminos Chapter - 9.27.08 -- 11:00 a.m. -- Santa Fe, Hal Jckson leads a tour of the Camino Real sites south of Santa Fe. fayegaines@yahoo.com

October

New Mexico - Corazón de los Caminos Chapter - 10.11.08 -- 10:00 a.m. -- Wagon Mound. Meet at I-25 exit and east frontage Road area. Tour on NM 120 through Canadian River Cañon to Roy and through the High Plains Landscape to Yates and U.S. 64. Information: fayegaines@yahoo.com

Kansas - Smoky Hill Trail Association Conference - October 17 - 19 -- Salina, KS. Information: jodyz@ruraltel.net.

November

New Mexico - Corazón de los Caminos Chapter - 11.09.08 -- 1:00 p.m. -- Cimarron, St. James Hotel, lunch at 12:00 p.m. Annual Business Meeting. Program Doyle Foreman, “Springer to Tascosa, Texas Road”. Information: fayegaines@yahoo.com

Kansas - Cottonwood Crossing Chapter - 11.13.08 -- Galva, Kansas Community Center, 6:00 p.m. meal - 7:00 p.m. Michael Clover, NCRS District Conservationist, Kingman, KS, will present a power-point program about a Chisholm Trail cattle drive re-enactment that was part of the Oklahoma Centennial Celebration. Information: wfordok@yahoo.com

New Mexico - End of the Trail Chapter - 11.15.08 -- 1:30 p.m. Eldorado Community Center:  program not firm. Information: Joy Poole, amusejoy@msn.com

December