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Q: Who was the businessman and adventurer who led a group of traders to santa fe?
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The businessman and adventurer who led a group of traders to Santa Fe was .?

william becknell


What is the purpose of the Santa-Fe trail?

for traders to trade in Mexico


Where did the traders exchange American cloth for Mexican silver?

Santa Fe


What noisy reptile caused problems for traders on the Santa Fe Trail?

Rattlesnakes were a problem for people traveling the Santa Fe Trail.


Traders crossed the prairie from this frontier state to trade with the mexicans in santa Fe?

Mexic


Describe how American settlers first went to New Mexico?

William Becknell, a merchant and adventurer, was the first American to head for Santa Fe. In 1821, Becknell led a group from Franklin,Missouri, across the plains. When they reached Santa Fe, they found Mexicans eager to buy cloth and other goods. Other Americans soon followed Becknell's route. It became known as the Santa Fe Trail.


Who were the first travelers along the santa fe trail?

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.


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Santa Barbara Restaurant Group ended in 2001.


What state did the pioneers and traders follow the Santa Fe Trail to?

The Santa Fe Trail was an important commercial highway connecting Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1821 until 1880.


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Who is known for traveling along the Santa Fe Trail?

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.


How did the Native Americans treat the first traders on the Santa Fe Trail?

They were very unfriendly and harsh. They didn't want Americans passing by their land. Later on, as they got used to it and realized this group of Americans weren't that bad and the Indians began to start trade with the Americans, as well as the Spanish.