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May 16, 2024 · Travel the Trail: Map Timeline 1821 - 1880. William Becknell opened up the Santa Fe Trail, between the Missouri River and the Mexican provincial capital of Santa Fe, in the fall of 1821. The route played a major role in bringing people, goods, and ideas to and from Santa Fe for the next 59 years.
Jan 29, 2020 · Travel the Trail: Map Timeline 1821 - 1880 William Becknell opened up the Santa Fe Trail, between the Missouri River and the Mexican provincial capital of Santa Fe, in the fall of 1821. The route played a major role in bringing people, goods, and ideas to and from Santa Fe for the next 59 years.
the Santa Fe Trail should be resurveyed. Thus, in 1876 the claimants re-measured the Trail, and the U.S. Department of Justice “sent a party [May 29-Sept. 30, 1876] which fol-lowed after the claimants’ party and also measured distances according to the courses pursued.”15 Lt. George Borden, 5th Infantry, U.S. Army, led the government party.
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And in 1880 the A.T.& SF reached Lamy station south of Santa Fe, ending long distance freighting over the plains - the Santa Fe Trail was at an end. For almost 60 years the Santa Fe Trail was the conduit which brought goods to New Mexico and the southwest and had sent back silver, furs, and mules.
Sep 22, 2021 · By Shanna Lewis. · Sep. 22, 2021, 4:00 am. Listen Now. 5min 07sec. Hart Van Denburg/CPR News. Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site is a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain...
together through economic interdependence, a. in the new territories.The Santa Fe Trail changed. bond that would be important as the United. as well, changing from a route of commerce to. States was expanding westward. lifeline of empire, as settlers and soldiers began to.