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Now and Forty Years Ago From Fort Union to Santa Fe
In 1862 a U S mail contractor and stage conductor hurried Colorado troops from Fort Union to the front after Valverde. The journey crossed snow and storms to reach Raton and Fort Benton, then Santa Fe, amid scarcity, high prices, and savage conditions. The piece reflects on frontier life, slavery, and the vanished era of the stagecoach as civilization widened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Mail
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Henry Lowell
Colorado
Old Fort Union
Valverde
Captain Garrison
Maxwell Ranch
Trinidad
Raton
Raton Mountains
Old Fort Benton
Arkansas
Ft. Union
Sibley
Glorieta
Chivington
Sleigh
Albuquerque
Missouri
Ocen
Oean
Erin