Conversation so far:
What happened on the santa fe trail?
They made their trek over the Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico.
did they have problems along the way?
reaching their destination in November 1826.
Kit settled in Taos.
why did they travel there?
He went west with a caravan of fur trappers, tending their livestock.

Question: was there any other reasons for traveling the trail?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides Kit Carson tending livestock for a caravan of furtrappers, was there any other reasons for traveling the trail?