USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Over the next couple of years, Carson, driven by a relentlessly restless spirit, worked as an interpreter for a trade caravan which traveled the Chihuahua Trail, from Santa Fe to Chihuahua City.

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: -Covering approximately 800 miles, the Santa Fe Trail extends from Independence, Missouri to present day Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Trail originally began in Franklin, Missouri, but the trail head was moved to Fort Osage and, by 1827, to Independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail extends 404 miles between El Paso, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico, while the historic trail extended all the way to Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Santa Fe Trail was first and foremost a commercial route between Mexico and the United States. Unlike its contemporary, the Oregon Trail, which was an emigrant route, the Santa Fe Trail was the highway of merchants traveling in either direction with goods to sell.