Santa Fe Trail Milestone - Lafayette County, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 39° 11.388 W 093° 43.837
15S E 436903 N 4338093
Interesting piece, because of its location and the details
Waymark Code: WMM30G
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2014
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County of stone: Lafayette County
Location of stone: old US 24, E. of Tabo Creek, 2½ miles W. of Dover
This was erected after the initial Santa Fe trail was traveled by wagons, but it is ON the Santa Fe trail.
What makes it so interesting to me is the text reads DOVER - 36 miles
No the marker is exactly 36 miles W. of the start of the Santa Fe trail, but only 2½ mile W. of Dover.
Does it mean it is in Dover? Doubt it because the location is where the town, originally named Terre Bonne Grove and later change to Tabo Creek use to be.
Was it the Dover Stage Line that ran this way that erected the mile marker?
This streatch of road was originally the
Osage Trace, then the
Santa Fe Trail and then the
Dover Roadand finally becoming
U.S. 24