Title: The Santa Fe Trail
Description: The route that came to be known as the Santa Fe Trail was probably started with trail marks made by trappers. Mule trains marked up maps with shortcuts and places to avoid, and slowly a trail was developed that ran from Franklin, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. This is the story of the Becknell trading expedition, the first wagon train to make the journey from Missouri to New Mexico. Also includes short accounts of some other later traders.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Juvenile works, Santa Fe National Historic Trail Fiction, Santa Fe National Historic Trail History Juvenile literature, United States Santa Fe National Historic Trail
People: William Becknell (1787 or 1788-1856)