The Historic Santa Fe Trail by Mary Einsel

By Mary Einsel

The unexplored plains and mountains west of the Missouri River, recognized basically to Indians and some Mountain males, land among St. Louis and the Mexican hamet of Santa Fe, grew to become the debate of younger the US within the 1820's. After the yoke of Spanish rule was once lifted from Santa Fe in 1821 pack mules with buying and selling item headed out around the unknown prairie to exchange with Mexico. quickly hundreds of thousands of lined wagons have been utilizing the harmful Santa Fe path, the single pathway throughout wild Indian country.

The wagons carried weapons, iron, whiskey, and cotton, to alternate for Mexican gold, silver and furs. the tale of the Santa Fe path embodies the original early-day West that the United States loves.

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