MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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New Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1821 until 1846, the Santa Fe Trail was a two-way international commercial highway used by both Mexican and American traders.
Detailed explanation-3: -That famous 19th-century trail, which turns 200 next year, begins in Franklin, Missouri, and ends in Santa Fe, New Mexico, nearly 850 miles east of El Monte.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mule and oxen-drawn wagons couldn’t compete with trains for hauling freight or speeding passengers westward. On February 9, 1880 a Santa Fe Railway Company train arrived with considerable fanfare at the Santa Fe railroad depot and effectively ended the Santa Fe Trail.
Detailed explanation-5: -For almost 60 years the Santa Fe Trail was the conduit which brought goods to New Mexico and the southwest and had sent back silver, furs, and mules. But ideas were also exchanged across this route along with culture.