The Santa Fe Trail (aka, Santa Fe Road) was an ancient passageway used regularly after 1821 by merchant-traders from Missouri who took manufactured goods to Santa Fe to exchange for furs and other items available there. Mexican traders also provided caravans going to western Missouri in this international trade.
The Santa Fe Trail was an important commercial highway connecting Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe. It was used by individuals who wanted to sell their goods.
Pioneers traveled by wagon trains and covered wagons.
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becknells route came to be known as the santa fe trail. the trail started near independence, Missouri, and crossed the prairies to the Arkansas river.
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In 1821, Captain William Becknell left Franklin Missouri to trade with New Mexico. His route became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
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Actually, no. The Oregon Trail was also known as the Oregon-California Trail that allowed farmers, settlers, and families to travel east to either Oregon or Northern California. The wagon trail that allowed cargo, freight, cattle, and settlers from the east to Mexico was the Santa Fe Trail, which traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico and then onto Mexico.
William Becknell was a trader and merchant. He is best known for establishing the Santa Fe Trail, a major commercial route between Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the early 19th century.
The Kickapoo were not part of the resettlement plan that is known as the "Trail of Tears". According to Wikipedia the "Trail of Tears" refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838.
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The pioneers traveled on Hacker's Trail, better known as The Oregon Trail.