1. A stone marker shows the spot where the Santa Fe Trail ended in the city's historic central plaza.

2. The area of the Santa Fe Trail around Fort Union was also involved in the American Civil War. By eighteen-sixty-two, the trail was the main supply line for Union forces in the Southwest.

3. With the coming of Mexican independence(/santa fe trail.html), the Santa Fe Trail became the major trade link between the two countries.

4. The Santa Fe Trail dates back to eighteen twenty-one. A businessman named William Becknell believed he could earn a lot of money by moving trade goods from Missouri to Santa Fe. He was right.

5. We begin at the Santa Fe Trail, or what remains of it. The ground still shows the path cut deep into the earth by the wheels of thousands of wagons.

6. We begin at the Santa Fe Trail, or what remains of it.

7. Wagon wheels left their mark on the Santa Fe Trail, The Santa Fe Trail was an important international trade route. It carried goods south into Mexico and north into the United States.

8. After a brief stay in the frontier capital, Smith was back on the Santa Fe Trail, guiding pioneers westward.

9. A city of central Kansas on the Arkansas River northwest of Wichita. It is located on the old Santa Fe Trail. Population, 15, 427.

10. Today, Fort Union is preserved by the National Park Service as an outdoor museum on the Santa Fe Trail.

11. It began in eighteen forty-six. A force known as the Army of the West used the Santa Fe Trail to protect American traders.

12. Today, Fort Union is preserved by the National Park Service as an outdoor museum on the Santa Fe Trail. Visitors can explore the ruins of the buildings and the ruts made by wagons.

13. A force known as the Army of the West used the Santa Fe Trail to protect American traders. It also used the trail to take control of an area that is now New Mexico and part of California.