Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail
an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.

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Historic wagon trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. An important commercial route from 1821 to 1880, it was opened by William Becknell and used by merchant wagon caravans.

From the Missouri River the trail followed the divide between the tributaries of the Arkansas and Kansas rivers to the site of modern Great Bend, Kan., then proceeded along the Arkansas River. At the western end three routes turned south to Santa Fe, the shortest being the Cimarron Cutoff through the valley of the Cimarron River. When the Santa Fe railroad was completed in 1880, use of the trail ceased.

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      in U.S. history, famed wagon trail from Independence, Mo., to Santa Fe, N.M., an important commercial route (1821–80). Opened by William Becknell, a trader, the trail was used by merchant wagon caravans travelling in parallel columns, which, when Indians attacked, as they did frequently between 1864 and 1869, could quickly form a circular line of defense. From the Missouri River, the trail followed the divide between the tributaries of the Arkansas and Kansas rivers to the site of present Great Bend, Kan., then proceeded along the Arkansas. At the western end, three routes turned south to Santa Fe, the shortest being the “Cimarron Cutoff ” through the valley of the Cimarron River.

      The importance of the eastward silver and fur trade and westward transport of manufactured goods over the trail was a contributing cause of U.S. seizure of New Mexico in the Mexican War. Use of the trail increased under U.S. rule, especially after the introduction of mail delivery service via stagecoach (1849), but ceased with the completion of the Santa Fe railroad in 1880.

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