The Santa Fe Trail was a 770- (or 825-) mile long, two-way, commercial road between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico (part of Mexico until 1848). (In contrast, the Oregon Trail was a one-way immigrant road.) The Santa Fe Trail was active from 1821 to about 1871, made obsolete by the arrival of the railroad.
I'll take you on a video tour of Bent's Old Fort near La Junta, CO, a trading post engaged in the buffalo robe trade and an important stop on the Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail. The Mountain Route was longer and more difficult (because of mountains) than the shorter, southern Cimarron Route but considered safer (fewer Indians). The 825-mile Mountain Route was also called the Bent's Fort Route.
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19 окт 2014
