Top Line: Begin with the host state, the SFTA chapter hosting the event (or host organization), the date of the event in this format: 06.03.07 -
Next Paragraph: include event time, location, name of event, a short description of the event, preferably written in a way as to make the public actually want to attend. Also, include full contact information, such as name, phone number, email/website address (if any). See examples below.
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
Missouri - Missouri River Outfitters Chapter - 8.21.08 --6:30 p.m. -- A Celebration of Gardner Junction Park will be held at Gardner City Hall, 526 E. Main, Gardner, KS. A report will be given on the transformation of a small rest stop into a trail destination that interprets the Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails near the point "where the trails divide". Awards will be presented to project participants. A tour of the site will follow the program. For information contact John Atkinson, 816-233-3924
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 - 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
