Leo and Bonita Oliva

The Faye Anderson Award was presented to Leo and Bonita Oliva by the Wet/Dry Routes Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail at there Winter meeting in Kinsley, Kansas.

Leo and Bonita are from Woodston, Kansas, and are the editors of "Wagon Tracks" the quarterly publication of the national Santa Fe Trail. Leo & Bonita are authors of several books on the Santa Fe Trail and Forts in Kansas and New Mexico.

In June of 2001, Leo just about lost his best friend and counter part to a bike wreck near Haviland, Kansas. This is some of the story.
"Welcome Home Bonita Oliva!" 6/21/01

This is a list of the books that the Oliva's have to their credit. I hope that this list is complete and I didn't miss any!!

Oliva, Leo E.
Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press 1967

Oliva, Bonita M. and Leo E.
Index to Wagon Tracks Volumes 1 to 10 1986-1996
This is a tool that is greatly appreciated by all who research the Santa Fe Trail in any way
Thank You Bonita and Leo Oliva
From All Of Us!!!!
Santa Fe Trail 1997

Oliva, Leo E.
Fort Wallace
Sentinel on the Smoky Hill Trail
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka, Kansas

Oliva, Leo E.
Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest
A Historic Resource Study
Division of History Southwest Cultural Resources Center
National Park Service 1993

Oliva, Leo E.
Fort Scott
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka Kansas

Oliva, Leo E.
Confrontation on the Santa Fe Trail Edited by Leo E. Oliva
Selected Papers for Santa Fe Trail Symposia At La Junta, Colorado, 1993, also Larned and Great Bend, Kansas, 1995
Santa Fe Tail Publications, PO Box 31, Woodston Ks 67675

Oliva, Leo E.
Fort Hays
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka Kansas

Oliva, Leo E.
Fort Larned
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka Kansas

Oliva, Leo E. & Bonita M.
Santa Fe Trail Trivia
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka Kansas

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