Trails of historic New Mexico : routes used by Indian, Spanish and American travelers through 1886 /
This is a survey of the major historic network of two-way trade routes of New Mexico and other parts of the American Southwest used by Indians, prospectors, soldiers, buffalo hunters, immigrants and cattle and sheep drovers. A chronology of the history of these trails and maps of the most important...
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Prehistoric Indian trails and trade
- Highlights of Spanish exploration, settlement, and inspection in the Southwest
- The royal road : el camino real de tierra adentro
- The old Spanish trail
- The Santa Fe trail
- Military and cultural perspectives on the Mexican-American War
- The Butterfield overland mail route
- The Civil War in New Mexico
- The long walk of the Navajos
- The Goodnight-Loving trail
- Steel trails for the iron horse
- The southern trails
- Historic trails, trade, and travels today.