Council Grove - The Santa Fe Trail

Early in the 1820's, wagon trains were traveling over The Santa Fe Trail, from the Missouri River to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Santa Fe Trail was an ancient passageway used regularly after 1821 by merchant traders.

From Missouri they took manufactured goods to Santa Fe, New Mexico, exchanging furs for items they had back in Santa Fe.

Mexican Traders also provided caravans going to western Missouri in this international trade. For many years after the Santa Fe Trail was opened, Council Grove was the only trading post between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The region from Council Grove to near Santa Fe, New Mexico was the most hazardous part of The Santa Fe Trail.

The Santa Fe Trail was about eight hundred miles long.

The Santa Fe Trail was a very important trail to haul freight from Kansas City, Kansas to Santa Fe, New Mexico and trade with the Spaniards.

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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