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Santa Fe Trail Pioneers and the Rise of Trade Routes
In the early 1800s explorers and traders opened the Santa Fe trade, from Captains Williams and Becknell to the 1825 survey. The narrative covers early expeditions, Mexican independence, theArkansas and Cimarron routes, the shift from pack mules to wagons, and the 1819-1825 border and trade developments shaping Santa Fe commerce and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel Williams
Upper
Missouri River
Yellowstone
Williams
Arkansas
Santa Fe
Upper Arkansas
St. Louis
Captain Williams
Smith
McClanahan
Patterson
Manuel Blanco
New Spain
Dolores
Guanajuato
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Hidalgo
Chihuahua
Morelos
Robert McKnight
James Baird
Samuel Chambers
Pike
Arkansas River
Chouteu
Auguste P. Chouteau
Julius de Mun
Chouteau
Mississippi
Franklin
Missouri
R. M. Johnson
United States
Louisiana Purchase
Washington
Chevalier de Onis
John Quincy Adams
Gulf of Mexico
Natchitoches
Red River
Fort Dodge
Dodge City
Viscarra
Merriwether
Territory
New Mexico
Bent
Mexico
Spain
Plains
Becknell
Rocky Mountains
States
New Mexican
Vera Cruz
Ueda
Kit Carson
Dick Wooton
Buffalo Bill
United State
Captain Cooper
Taos
Cimarnion
Dis Plains
Cimarron River
Eithout
Old Mexico
Marmeduke
Congress
Thomas Hart Benton
J.C. Brown
Fort Osage
Independence
Bank of the Arkansas
Lower Ford
Cimarron
San Miguel
American Road Builders’ Association