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The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until 1880, when the railroad arrived in Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway is a 188-mile (303 km) National Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Prowers, Bent, Otero, and Las Animas counties, Colorado, USA. The byway follows the Santa Fe National Historic Trail through southeastern Colorado and connects to the 381-mile (613 km) Santa Fe Trail Scenic ...
Location: Otero County, Colorado, United States: Nearest city: La Junta, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 799 acres (3.23 km 2) [2]: Built: 1833: Architect: William Bent; Charles Bent: Visitation: 28,131 (2009) [3]: Website: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: NRHP reference No.: 66000254: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966 [4]: Designated NHL: June 3, 1960: Designated NHS ...
Bent's New Fort was a historic fort and trading post along the banks of the Arkansas River in what is now Bent County, Colorado, about nine miles west of Lamar, [3] [4] on the Mountain Route branch of the Santa Fe Trail. [5]
Colorado becomes the 35th most populous of the 38 U.S. states. March 27: The Denver and Rio Grande Railway reaches a legal accommodation with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad known as the Treaty of Boston. March 3: The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad reaches Buena Vista. The Town of Breckenridge incorporates. [63]
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, it served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880.
1845 Santa Fe Trail and native tribal lands By around 1832, although possibly as late as 1834, [ 6 ] the partners built a permanent trading post called Bent's Fort . The elaborate adobe construction could accommodate 200 people, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and had been built on the northern "Mountain Route" of the Santa Fe Trail , by then open for business.
English: A portion of the Santa Fe Trail at Timpas, Colorado. There is a small picnic area on the north side of the highway at Timpas, operated by the Comanche National Grassland. Visitors can access a portion of the trail from the picnic area.