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The Gila Trail was a complex of trails (not a single trail) running roughly parallel to the Gila River, south of the river, from the vicinity of Tucson to Yuma. The trail(s) probabaly originated with Native Americans, and was used by Spanish colonists and Mexicans, and later by people from the USA. Many forty-niners used the Gila trail as part of the "Southwest Trail" from El Paso to Southern California. In 1849, land south of the Gila was still part of Mexico. It became US soil with the Gadsen Purchase. Gila trail is a trail that starts at Santa Fe and follows the Gila River to San Diego. The Gila Trail starts at Santa Fe and went to the Gila Mountain, then west to Santa Cruz River and go to Gila river follow it until you get to Colorado River then across deserts and then over mountains until you reach Pacific Ocean. There were many forts along the way.

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