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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 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.
Also visible at Fort Union and from the road leading to it are ruts from the Mountain and Cimarron Branches of the old Santa Fe Trail. The monument has a visitor center containing a historical museum and showing a film about the fort’s history. A self-guiding trail leads through remains of the second and third forts.
Pawnee Rock, one of the most famous landmarks on the Santa Fe Trail, is located in Pawnee Rock State Park, just north of Pawnee Rock, Kansas, United States.Originally over 150 feet (46 m) tall, railroad construction stripped it of some 15 to 20 feet (6.1 m) in height for road bed material. [2]
The Santa Fe Trail Having no response from Eaton, [ 109 ] Smith joined his partners and left St. Louis to trade in Santa Fe on April 10, 1831. [ 112 ] Smith was leading the caravan on the Santa Fe Trail on May 27, 1831, when he left the group to scout for water near the Lower Spring on the Cimarron River in present-day southwest Kansas. [ 113 ]
The route makes a loop through much of the downtown area, stopping at spots including the Santa Fe Plaza, the Old Santa Fe Trail Visitor Center and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi ...
William Lewis Sublette, also spelled Sublett (September 21, 1798 – July 23, 1845), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man.After 1823, he became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, along with his four brothers.
Map of Santa Fe Trail. Walker was born in Roane County, Tennessee, the fourth child of seven born to Joseph and Susan Willis Walker. [3] In 1819, the family emigrated to Missouri, [4] settling west of Fort Osage. [5] In 1820, he traveled to Santa Fe and was detained for a short while by Spanish authorities. [6]