The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore

1. From conquest to de Oñate, 1492-1610 --

2. Attraction of Santa Fe, 1610-1762 --

3. Trails to Santa Fe, 1762-1807 --

4. Destination Santa Fe, 1807-1822 --

5. Santa Fe Trail, 1822-1825 --

6. Surveying the road to Santa Fe, 1825-1827 --

7. Business of trade, 1821-1829 --

8. Growth of trade, 1830-1835 --

9. Over the Trail, 1835-1840 --

10. Years of change, 1840-1845 --

11. Mexican War and the Santa Fe trade, 1846-1848 --

12. Forts, emigrants, and freighting, 1849-1852 --

13. New tensions and trade, 1853-1860 --

14. Civil War, 1861-1865 --

15. Slow death of the Trail, 1866-1880 --

16. Legacy of the Trail, 1880-2000.