Editor’s Note: Local historian David Clapsaddle writes about aspects on the Santa Fe Trail. This series profiles how Santa Fe Trail freight, passengers and mail shifted from the overland trail to railways.By DAVID K. CLAPSADDLEUnlike the Fort Riley-Fort Larned Road, the route to Fort Dodge did not have any stage stations, nor was there any threat of Indian attack. However, as Lt. Col. John W. Davidson, inspector general for the Department of the Missouri, itinerary stated, the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road crossed seven separate streams.