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2014 Officers & Board Members:

President—Larry Short

Vice President—Mary Conrad

Treasurer—John Atkinson

Secretary—Anne Mallinson

Historian—Sandy Slusher

Richard Lawson

Dick Nelson

Ross Marshall

Harry Rinacke

Contact Information:

MRO President

Larry Short

3930 S. Jackson Dr #106

Independence, MO 64057

Phone: 816.835.4397

Email: ldshort@comcast.net

National Frontier Trails Museum

318 W. Pacific

Independence, MO 64050

Phone: 816.325.7575

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Santa Fe Trail Association

Santa Fe Trail Center

1349 K-156 Hwy

Larned, KS 67550

Phone: 620.285.2054

Email: trailassn@larned.net

SFTA Website: www.santafetrail.org

MRO and SFTA are continuing to move forward with

the local tour route and historic site sign program

along the Trails. The Raytown Board of Aldermen

have approved the installation of the signs thru Ray-

town. These tour signs will include the Santa Fe, Ore-

gon and California National Historic Trails. Shown

above is the new historic sign at Rice-Tremonti in

Raytown

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2014 Award Recipients

MRO presented several of our members and part-

ners with our biennial awards at our April 26, 2014

Membership/Board meeting at the National Trails

Center Museum. These Awards are presented for

outstanding service and promotion of the Santa Fe

National Historic Trail.

The Award of Merit was presented to the Lafayette

County Commissioners and the Saline County

Commissioners for their participation in the instal-

lation of the local tour route signs across their

County.

Larry Short presents the award to Lafayette Coun-

ty Commissioner Tracy Dyer

Larry Short presents the award to Saline County

Commissioner Monty Fenner

For her many years of dedicated service to the

preservation of and education about the Santa Fe

National Historic Trail the MRO Board honored

Mary Conrad. Mary has served on the Board of

Directors of MRO for many years and is our cur-

rent Vice President. For all of her dedicated time

and efforts we honored Mary with our Award of

Achievement.

Mary Conrad accepting her award from Dick

Nelson.

An Award of Appreciation was presented to

Mayor Matt Mallinson and the City of Sugar

Creek for their efforts to preserve and promote

the National Historic Trails thru their City with

the recent installation of the local tour signs and

several historic site signs.

Ross Marshall presents the Award of Apprecia-

tion to Mayor Matt Mallinson

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UPCOMING EVENTS

September 18-20, 2014 SFTA Rendezvous, Larned, KS

September 25-28, 2014 OCTA Symposium, Newton, KS

September 17-20, 2015, SFTA Symposium, Santa Fe, NM

September 22-24, 2016, SFTA Rendezvous, Larned, KS

September 28-30, 2017, SFTA Symposium, Olathe, KS

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Missouri River Outfitters

c/o John Atkinson

514 NW Murray Rd. #212

Lee’s Summit, MO 64081

A Message from your President…..

The past months have been busy ones for MRO and SFTA. We recently com-

pleted our Santa Fe Trail GeoTour which is bringing many new visitors to our

Trails and the many historic sites along the way. We are receiving comments

from a whole new group of visitors who are experiencing the trails for the very

first time. We are hoping that this project will generate a whole new generation

of trail enthusiasts.

In May we presented a check in the amount of $2080 in memory of our late

President Roger Slusher to the Lexington Historical Museum. The donation was made possible by all

of the memorial donations received over the past year. The funds will provide a much needed boost for

one of Roger’s favorite historical projects and a plaque will be installed in his memory.

We are now working on several new projects including an outdoor kiosk type of display for Salem Park

in Independence. The partners in this project are SFTA, National Parks Service and Jackson County

Parks and Recreation. In addition we are in the final stages of the design and production of a new

driving tour brochure for Lafayette and Saline Counties in Missouri where the newly installed signs are

located along County Roads. These will be available at various museums and visitor centers along the

length of the Santa Fe Trail in Missouri.

Lastly, I would like to encourage all of our members to continue in your support of MRO and SFTA but

also to share our newsletters with family, friends and neighbors. Consider giving a membership as a

gift for a special occasion