California National Historic Trail

Through Sedgwick County. Even though it was in operation for only 18 months from April 1860 to October 1861, and was shut down with the advent of the transcontinental telegraph, the Pony Express has become an indelible part of Wild West lore.

Near Eads. Another dark chapter in U.S. relations with Native Americans. In 1864, soldiers from the U.S. military attacked a peaceful encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho along Big Sandy Creek, on the Eastern Plains. Out of a group of largely women, children and the elderly, 150 were killed.

Between Estes Park and Grand Lake. Park protects 265807 acre of pristine mountains along the Continental Divide of the Americas.

Near Granby. Encompasses five reservoirs in the upper Colorado River Valley.

Near Granada. Site of the World War II Granada Relocation Center, a Japanese-American incarceration camp.

Near La Junta. A restored adobe fur trading post from the 1840s. Learn about the authentic Old West history of traders, trappers and Native Americans, all of whom came to the fort to barter.