Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade
Subtitle: Wheeled Vehicles and Their Makers, 1822-1880
Edition: 1 Ed edition
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: May 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780826321961
Subjects: American history; Other manufacturing technologies; Reference works; Transport: General Interest; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Reference; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / 19th Century; History; Santa Fe National Historic Tra; Santa Fe National Historic Trail; Wagons; West (U.S.)
Description: "This illustrated history explores Santa Fe Trade freight wagons and wagon makers. For a half-century until the railroad reached New Mexico in 1880, hundreds of freight wagons yearly hauled commercial goods over the Santa Fe Trail, the major traffic artery between Missouri and New Mexico. The author identifies wagon types and examines wagon makers and their factories, power sources, woodworking machinery, and construction processes."--BOOK JACKET.