Wagon Trains December 10, 2000 Wagon Trains A history of the famous trade route to the Southwest. By DAVID HAWARD BAIN Its History, Legends, and Lore. By David Dary. Illustrated. 368 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $30. avid Dary, the author of a number of fine books on the West, including Red Blood and Black Ink: Jour

Santa Fe Trail History, William Becknell, 1821: Old West Kansas Trails: Kansas Heritage Group William Becknell, 1821 The Santa Fe Trail (aka, Santa Fe Road) was an ancient passageway used regularly after 1821 by merchant-traders from Missouri who took manufactured goods to Santa Fe to exchange for furs and other items

Santa Fe Trail   Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway Colorados Mountain Branch PO Box 118, 312 East Main Street, Trinidad, CO 81082, Phone 719-846-7217 Santa Fe Trail is a National Historic Trail and one of the last frontiers of the wild west. Visit our new website at www.santafetrailco.com     Pho

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Santa Fe Trail Association A History of the Santa Fe Trail A History of the Santa Fe Trail by Harry C. Myers – 2010 (Edited by Joanne VanCoevern)   Background:       Long before Europeans came to the North American continent, there was trading taking place across the Great Plains. As early as 1200 A.D., t

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The Santa Fe Trail was a transportation route through central North America that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe , New Mexico . Pioneered in by William Becknell , it served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in Santa Fe was near the end of the El Camino Real