Books with title The Sante Fe Trail

Joan Myers' rich black-and-white photographs of the area surrounding the Santa Fe Trail are accompanied by an historical essay by author Marc Simmons. Text and photographs combine to realize a vivid sense of what the trail was like throughout its 60 years of use and what has become of its remains today. An evocative visual and historical retracing of one of the most important overland trade routes of the nineteenth century.

Ten exciting stories of young people who traveled the Santa Fe Trail in the nineteenth century. Their courage, perseverance, fears, motivations, and successes serve as an inspiration today to young and old. Learn about the character of these forebears of our country and know them as role models for our own time. Kit Carson, Dick Wootton, Francis Parkman Jr, Susan Shelby Magoffin, Marion Sloan Russell, and others have left us with detailed stories of what travel on the trail, by oxen or mule, was really like. Hear the sounds of the wagon train, see the evening sunset as they did, know the excitement of the buffalo hunt, visit the heartache they knew with death on the trail, and learn where the trail took their lives.

Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Traveling The Santa Fe Trail. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.

The Santa Fe Trail’s role as the major western trade route in the early to mid-nineteenth century made it a critical part of America’s Westward expansion and the stories of its heyday include some of the greatest adventures in the history of the Old West. Drawn from first-hand accounts of early entrepreneurs and emigrants who braved the Santa Fe Trail between 1820 and 1880, this history reveals the lure of the West and puts its importance to American history in context. On the Santa Fe Trail paints a portrait of the land before the wagon tracks were carved in its surface and recounts the hardships, dangers, and adventures faced by the hardy souls who went West to make their fortunes.

The Santa Fe Trail’s role as the major western trade route in the early to mid-nineteenth century made it a critical part of America’s Westward expansion and the stories of its heyday include some of the greatest adventures in the history of the Old West. Drawn from first-hand accounts of early entrepreneurs and emigrants who braved the Santa Fe Trail between 1820 and 1880, this history reveals the lure of the West and puts its importance to American history in context. On the Santa Fe Trail paints a portrait of the land before the wagon tracks were carved in its surface and recounts the hardships, dangers, and adventures faced by the hardy souls who went West to make their fortunes.

Winner of the 2016 Southwest Book Design and Production Award in the Young Adult category. This book relates the stories of ten young people who traveled the Santa Fe Trail in the nineteenth century give voice to their courage, perseverance, and contribution to the development of our country. Young people of today can identify with true role models in our history and walk in their shoes. Our history provides continuity in our lives and that gives us perspective on where we are in the grand scheme of things. These American heroes of yesteryear are brought to life along this historic trail.