Santa Clara Spring (Wagon Mound);

Rio Mora;

Rio Gallinas (Las Vegas);

Ojo De Bernal Spring;

San Miguel;

Pecos Village;

and finally Santa Fe, a distance of 750 miles from Independence, Missouri, the starting point.

The old Santa Fe Trail led from Franklin, Missouri, through Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico.[Pg 11] It followed the Arkansas River to Cimarron Crossing (Fort Dodge) to La Junta, Colorado; then south, crossing the Raton Pass, joining the main trail at Santa Clara Spring.

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The passenger looking out of the window of the train on the Santa Fe Railroad will see this trail running for miles parallel with the track, and will be able to people it with the historic traditions which have made the Santa Fe Trail one of the most romantic and, withal, one of the most tragic national highways in the United States.

CONTENTS

Note.—The greater part of the information given in this brief history is taken from Twitchell on Leading Facts of New Mexico History.

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THE SANTA FE TRAIL.

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