When people would get to the spot of where they would hunt buffalo they would dry the meat and save it
The Mountain Route (Long Route) of the Santa Fe Trail was the 230 miles of unprotected campsites between Fort Larned and Fort Lyon in Colorado. It followed the Arkansas River into Colorado before turning south.
It opened up the land to Anglos and Californios to trade with the states. It also was the route the army followed to invade Mexico during the Mexican American War.
The address of the Santa Fe Springs City Library is: 11700 E. Telegraph Rd., Santa Fe Springs, 90670 3600.
In an effort to establish claim to all the lands up to the Rio Grande, Texas at least had to make an effort to display that their claim wasn't just paper but a marked imprint on the lands beyond the Comancheria and the Staked Plains. President Mirabeau Lamar of the Republic of Texas hoped to show the United States that Texas was even bigger then the Congress acknowledged. Poor luck and poor planning allowed them to meet up with a Mexican Army detachment that showed them the way home via Mexico City.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
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Yes; it established a trade route between Kansas City and Santa Fe, New Mexico (across the Southwest region).
The Santa Fe trail is important because it was a major route used for travel and trade.
The trail from Santa Fe to Los Angeles is called the "Old Spanish trail".
The Santa Fe Trail was an important commercial highway connecting Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1821 until 1880. Usage ended when the railroad lines were constructed in that area.
The Santa Fe Trail began in Independence, Missouri where people could buy the wagons and the goods.
The Santa Fe trail was was for people who wanted to trade at Santa Fe. They would take there stuff to Santa Fe to be sold. The oregon trail was for people who were moving west.
The Santa Fe Trail was an important commercial highway connecting Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1821 until 1880.
It crossed the alkali salt flats of what is now Nevada, where there was no vegetation for the oxen to eat and very little water that was safe to drink. The wheels of their wagons often sank to the axles in the mud of these alkali salt flats.