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"In the early 1800s, thousands of pioneers made a long, perilous westward journey from Missouri to New Mexico. They paved the way for more settlers looking to start a new life in the West. They endured many hardships and made many tough choices. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather get bitten by a poisonous snake or suffer from cholera? Would you take the longer route across mountains with more available water? Or would you take the shorter...
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American exploration and travel volume 29
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xxix, 322 pages : plates (part color) portraits, folded map. ; 24 cm.
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vi, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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The unexplored plains and mountains west of the Missouri River, known only to Indians and a few mountain men, land between St. Louis and the Mexican hamet of Santa Fe, became the talk of young America in the 1820s. After the yoke of Spanish rule was lifted from Santa Fe in 1821 pack mules with trading merchandise headed out across the unknown prairie to trade with Mexico. Soon thousands of covered wagons were using the dangerous Santa Fe Trail, the...
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Few of the great overland highways of America have known such a wealth of color and romance as that which surrounded the Santa Fé Trail. For over four centuries the dust-gray and muddy-red trail felt the moccasined tread of Comanches, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes. These soft footfalls were replaced by the bold harsh clang of the armored conqueror, Coronado, and by a host of Spanish explorers and soldiers seeking the gold of fabled Quivira. Black...
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