Tracing the Santa Fe Trail: Today's Views, Yesterday's Voices

Tracing the Santa Fe Trail: Today's Views, Yesterday's Voices by Ronald J. Dulle. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780878425716.

Compared to such famous frontier paths as Lewis and Clark’s route and the Oregon Trail, most people know little about the seminal trade route we call the Santa Fe Trail, yet this rough wagon road endured longer than any other American trail west of the Mississippi River. From 1821 to 1880, bold and daring men loaded their wagons with trade goods and set out from Missouri to Santa Fe, in the newly independent nation of Mexico. In Tracing the Santa Fe Trail, modern, full-color images of the trail are juxtaposed with historical commentary to create a photographic journey that blends past and present. Along for the trek are historical accounts from eyewitnesses who experienced the trail, as well as insights from later writers and historians who shed light on complex cultural issues of the nineteenth century. With dozens of stunning color photographs and a fascinating narrative, Dulle helps readers envision the frontier experience and appreciate the myriad material and cultural changes the Santa Fe Trail brought to our growing nation.