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The old Santa Fe Trail by Vestal, Stanley, 1887-1957 is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The old Santa Fe Trail about?

The Santa Fe Trail Was One Of The Two Great Overland Highways Originating In Missouri In The Nineteenth Century. Several Decades Before Settlers Streamed Over The Oregon Trail, Traders Were Heading Southwest. The Caravans Carried The Wares Of Yankee Commerce; They Returned Loaded With Buffalo Robes And Beaver Pelts And The Rich Metals Of Mexican Mines. The Thousand-mile Journey Was A Perilous Cruise Across A Boundless Sea Of Grass, Over Forbidding Mountains, Among Wild. Beasts And Wilder Men, Ending In An Exotic City Offering Quick Riches, Friendly Foreign Women, And A Moral Holiday, Writes Stanley Vestal. Vestal Begins Where The Trail Does. He Describes Outfitting For The Trip, The Society Formed For Survival, The Hunt For Meat, Landmarks, And The Dangers. He Evokes The History And Legends Surrounding The Trail At Every Point, Including Figures Like Kit Carson, Jedediah Smith, The Bent Brothers, And Uncle Dick Wooton. Part I: The Prairie Ocean -- Windwagon -- Outfitting For The Trail -- Preparations For The March -- The Trail To Council Grove -- Stampede -- Part Ii: Council Grove -- The Start -- Diamond Springs -- Part Iii: Grand Arkansas -- Buffalo Fever -- Running Meat -- Part V

Who reads The old Santa Fe Trail?

Author

Vestal, Stanley, 1887-1957

Publisher

Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585258409

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14