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The Santa Fe Trail
[1821-1880]
The Old Spanish Trail
[1829-1870s]
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short history
The Santa Fe Trail The Old Spanish Trail |
Passage over the Santa Fe Trail – 830-900 miles of dangerous plains and steep & rocky mountains – was a daunting endeavor for the men and women
who hung their future on the lands opening up west of Texas. The Old Spanish Trail was mapped in 1829 – 700 miles, including the Mojave Desert –
then mapped again by John C. Frémont in 1844, falling out of use in the 1870s.
"Game over. You have died of dysentery." — 'Oregon Trail' video game
Early trappers in the West chose the route of the Oregon Trail, first as a foot path, then as a wagon track. 'Kit' Carson
congress established the Santa Fe National Historic Trail in 1987
L i n k s
Santa Fe Trail entry at Wikipedia
Santa Fe Trail Association [est. 1986] is based in Larned, Kansas
official 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Santa Fe Trail [Nov 2021] in Las Vegas & Santa Fe, New Mexico
search books on keywords 'Santa Fe Trail' {returns 540+ titles!} at Amazon
search on keywords 'Santa Fe Trail' at Internet Movie Database
http://www.nps.gov/oreg/index.htm
http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/oregon_national_historic.html
http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/files/TBKS_opt.pdf
John C. Frémont [1813-90] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Bill Buck's "National Trails Guide" booksite
http://www.abqjournal.com/2388796/santa-fe-trails-200-years-of-travel.html 5/2021 = behind the paywall
Santa Fe Trail New Mexican Cuisine, 16080 San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio, Texas { closed }
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"The Old Santa Fe Trail" short poem [circa 1890] by Richard Eugene Burton It wound through strange scarred hills, down canyons lone
To-day the steam-god thunders through the vast,
For at the magic touch of water, blooms
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Route of The Santa Fe Trail
PRE-START at Old Franklin [1816-27], Missouri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Missouri
BEGIN AT Independence [est. 1827], Jackson County, Missouri on the Missouri River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence,_Missouri
National Frontier Trails Museum [est. 1989] at Independence, Missouri
BEGIN AT Fort Leavenworth [est. 1827], Kansas on the Missouri River
»»» the routes merged west of Kansas City «««
Oregon Trail Junction, Kansas
Council Grove [incorp. 1858], Morris County, Kansas
Rawlinson-Terwilliger Home / Trail Days Cafe & Museum, 803 W. Main Street in Council Grove, Kansas
http://www.traildayscafeandmuseum.org/ website down?
Diamond Springs [renamed 1827], Kansas
Fort Zarah [1864-69] on Walnut Creek, Barton County, Kansas
Fort Larned [1859-78], Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Larned_National_Historic_Site
Fort Dodge [1865-82], Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Kansas
Dodge City [est. 1872], Ford County, Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas
The Caches campsite [1823-24]
http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/research/caches-information.html
MOUNTAIN BRANCH ROUTE - generally following the Arkansas River Valley
Cimarron {River} Crossing, Kansas
Bent's New Fort [1849-67], Colorado { aka Fort Wise [est. 1860] / Fort Lyon, Colorado }
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent%27s_New_Fort
Bent's Old Fort [1833-49], Colorado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent%27s_Old_Fort_National_Historic_Site
Trinidad [est. 1862], Las Animas County, Colorado
Trinidad, Colorado Travel & Business Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado
over Raton Pass to New Mexico
Fort Union [1851-91], Mora County, New Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Union_National_Monument
»»» the two branches rejoin here «««
CIMARRON CUTOFF ROUTE
Cimarron {River} Crossing, Kansas { the Cimarron Cutoff splits southward }
Lower Cimarron Spring/Wagon Bed Spring, Grant County, Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Bed_Spring_(Kansas)
Point of Rocks landmark on the Cimarron River, Morton County, Kansas
Willow Bar, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Rabbit Ears Mountain landmark, New Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_Ears_(Clayton,_New_Mexico)
Canadian {River} Crossing, New Mexico
Wagon Mound landmark, Mora County, New Mexico
Mora County, New Mexico Travel & Business Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Mound,_New_Mexico
»»» the two branches rejoin here «««
MAIN ROUTE continues
Las Vegas [est. 1835], San Miguel County, New Mexico
Las Vegas, New Mexico Travel & Business Links
Ojo de Vernal / Bernal, San Miguel County, New Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernal,_New_Mexico
San Miguel del Vado [est. 1794], San Miguel County, New Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_del_Vado
Pecos River / Pecos Ruins, San Miguel County, New Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecos_National_Historical_Park
ENDS at Santa Fe [est. 1610], New Mexico
Books About The Santa Fe Trail
search books on keywords 'santa+fe+trail' {returns 540+ titles} at Amazon
Fiction Books
 | "Bride of The Santa Fe Trail" historical novel [1984] by Jean M. Burroughs Fictionalized version of the adventures and travails of Susan Shelby Magoffin and her much older husband, Samuel; based on the journals of 'the first white woman to travel the Santa Fe Trail', going a full 1,300 miles to Chihuahua, Mexico in 1846 120-page Kindle Edition from Sunstone Press [7/2011] for $4.99 Sunstone Press 8½x5½ pb [6/84] for $12.95 |
"The Santa Fe Trail (The Trail Drive Series Book 10)" [4/1997] by Ralph Compton
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-Compton-Novels-ebook/dp/B004L6209I/
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-Drive-Book/dp/0312962967/
"Little Fox's Secret" [grades 2-3, 2/2000] by Mary Peace Finley, Martha Jane Spurlock (Author, Illustrator)
“Bent's Fort shall be destroyed! This I have seen.”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/086541050X/
"Soaring Eagle (Santa Fe Trail Trilogy #1)" [grades 4-6 4/2009] by Mary Peace Finley
http://www.amazon.com/Soaring-Eagle-Santa-Trail-Trilogy/dp/0865410968/
"White Grizzly (Santa Fe Trail Trilogy Book #2)" []
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036FTF8E/
"Meadow Lark (Santa Fe Trail Trilogy Book #3)" []
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OJEMFI8/
"Terror On The Santa Fe Trail: Kit Carson and The Jicarilla Apache" [9/2019] historical fiction by Doug Hocking
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Santa-Fe-Trail-Jicarilla-ebook/dp/B07V2VKRBX/
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Santa-Fe-Trail-Jicarilla/dp/1493041797/
Non-Fiction Books
"Stories of The Old Santa Fe Trail" [1881] by Col. Henry Inman [1837-99]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_of_the_Old_Santa_Fe_Trail
 | "The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of A Great Highway" [1897] by Col. Henry Inman [1837-99] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE Hard Press 9x6 pb [11/2006] for $17.95 Sagwan Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2015] for $13.51 Crane & Co., Topeka 1916 edition is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive |
 | "What I Saw On The Old Santa Fe Trail: A Condensed Story of Frontier Life Half A Century Ago" [1904] by James A. Little [1832-1906] What did teenage James Alexander Little see on the Santa Fe Trail in 1854? Among other things: "Cara-vans of Prairie Schooners, Forty Wagons, Five-hundred Oxen, Millions of Buffaloes, Thousands of Wild Horses, Antelopes. Big Grey Wolves and Cayotes {sic}, Prairie Dog Towns, and Jack Rabbits. Rattle Snakes, Lizards and Centepedes, Savage Indians and Mexicans, Strange Sights Crossing The Desert . . ." 84-page annotated Kindle Edition from Big Byte Books [7/2015] for $2.99 82-page annotated Big Byte Books 9x6 pb [11/2016] for $7.95 130-page Wentworth Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2018] for $22.27 130-page Wentworth Press 9¼x6 hardcover [3/2019] for $22.95 150-page 1904 edition [9/2007 upload] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive |
 | "The Old Santa Fe Trail (with illustrations)" [1939] by Stanley Vestal, 1996 edition has Introduction by Marc Simmons Bantam Books mass pb [1957] out of print/used Bison Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/96] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover [1939] out of print/used |
"Land of Enchantment: Memoirs of Marian {Sloan} Russell Along The Santa Fe Trail" [1954]
As Dictated to Mrs. Hal Russell, Edited by historian Marc Simmons
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Enchantment-Memoirs-Marian-Russell-ebook/dp/B01AYP671G/
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Enchantment-Memoirs-Marian-Russell/dp/0826308058/
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Enchantment-Memoirs-Marian-Russell/dp/1258089742/
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Enchantment-Memoirs-Marian-Russell/dp/0826305717/ + B01AYP671G
 | "A History of The Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and Other Trails" [1955] by Jacob Ray Gregg [1871-1955] Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 pb [10/2011] for $33.56 Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 hardcover [5/2011] for $50.95 Binfords & Mort, Publrs hardcover [1955] out of print/used |
 | "Down The Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847" [1926] Edited by Stella M. Drumm, Foreword by Howard R. Lamar In June 1846, newly-married 18-year-old Susan set out with her veteran Santa Fe trader husband on a trek from Independence, Missouri, through New Mexico and south to Chihuahua in Old Mexico. Her journal describes a crucial time, when the Mexican War was beginning and New Mexico was occupied by Stephen Watts Kearny and the Army of the West. On the trail for fifteen months, moving from house to house and town to town, she became adept in Spanish and the lingo of traders, and wrote down in detail the customs and appearances of places she went, as well as the excitement, routine, and dangers of a successful merchant's wife. Bison Books 8x5¼ pb [8/82] for $21.95 Yale Univ Press hardcover [1962] out of print/used Yale Univ Press hardcover [1926] out of print/used |
"On The Santa Fe Trail" [12/1986] Edited by historian Marc Simmons
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-Marc-Simmons/dp/0700603166/
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-Marc-Simmons/dp/0700603158/
OnTheSanta FeTrailMarcSimmons.jpg
"Along The Santa Fe Trail: Marion {Sloan} Russell's Own Story" [Albert Whitman & Co. 6/1993]
Edited by Ginger Wadsworth, Illustrated by James Watling
http://www.amazon.com/Along-Santa-Fe-Trail-Russells/dp/0807502952/
 | "The Santa Fe Trail Activity Book: Pioneer Settlers In The Southwest" [grades 4 & up; 1994] by Walter D. Yoder, PhD Over 40 pages of exciting games, puzzles, identification activities, vocabulary recognition, word searches, time lines, art activities, and more - illustrated with dozens of informative b&w pictures and providing a wonderful introduction into the romance and excitement of Western U.S. history Kindle Edition from Sunstone Press [5/2011] for $5.99 Sunstone Press 11x8½ pb [2/94] for $8.88 |
"All The Stars In The Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, 1848" [9/2003] Edited by Megan Mcdonald
http://www.amazon.com/All-Stars-Sky-Santa-Florrie/dp/0439169631/
"Tracing The Santa Fe Trail: Today's Views, Yesterday's Voices" [10/2010] by Ronald J. Dulle, Foreword by Leo E. Oliva of Kansas
http://www.amazon.com/Tracing-Santa-Fe-Trail-Yesterdays/dp/0878425713/
TracingTheSantaFeTrailRJD.jpg
"The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore" [8/2012] by David Dary
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-History-Legends-ebook/dp/B01IAATP7A/
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-History-Legends/dp/0700618708/
http://www.amazon.com/David-Dary-History-2000-11-16-Hardcover/dp/B014BGZJPY/
"Traveling The Santa Fe Trail In The 21st Century (Road Trip #1)" [10/2013] by Mary Allbeck, Lois Allbeck, et al
http://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Santa-Trail-21st-Century-ebook/dp/B00FNYWKRO/
http://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Santa-Trail-21st-Century/dp/1461191645/
"Wagons On The Santa Fe Trail, 1822-1880" [4/2014] by U.S. National Park Service
http://www.amazon.com/Wagons-Santa-Fe-Trail-1822/dp/1497529212/
"The Santa Fe Trail: A Guide" [8/2015] by Hal Jackson & historian Marc Simmons, Foreword by Leo E. Oliva of Kansas
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-Guide/dp/0985909811/ pb
"As Far As The Eye Could Reach: Accounts of Animals Along The Santa Fe Trail, 1821-1880" [8/2015] by Phyllis S. Morgan
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Eye-Could-Reach-1821-1880-ebook/dp/B014ELZBYK/
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Eye-Could-Reach-1821-1880/dp/0806148543/
"Youth On The Santa Fe Trail" [9/2015] by Camilla Kattell
Ten exciting stories of young people who traveled the Santa Fe Trail in the nineteenth century; 'learn about the character of these forebears of our country and know them
as role models for our own time'; tales of 'Kit' Carson, Dick Wootton, Francis Parkman Jr., Susan Shelby Magoffin, Marion Sloan Russell, and others
http://www.amazon.com/Youth-Santa-Trail-Camilla-Kattell-ebook/dp/B018RH0HS2/
http://www.amazon.com/Youth-Santa-Trail-Camilla-Kattell/dp/099667540X/
"On The Santa Fe Trail, Illustrated" [5/2019] by James Crutchfield
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-James-Crutchfield-ebook/dp/B07NNV1XWZ/
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-James-Crutchfield/dp/1493039865/
"The Santa Fe Trail: A Twentieth Century Excursion" [9/2019] by Margaret Scholz Sears
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Trail-Twentieth-Excursion-ebook/dp/B08GK26V5Z/
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Trail-Twentieth-Century-Excursion/dp/1632932725/
Route of The Old Spanish Trail
ORIGINAL ARMIJO ROUND TRIP
BEGINS at Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
thru the Four Corners Region
Page, Arizona (crossing the Colorado River)
St. George, Washington County, Utah
Southern Utah Travel & Business Links
crossing Nevada south of Las Vegas
Tecopa hot springs, Inyo County, California
»»» the main route continues here «««
MAIN ROUTE from 1829
BEGINS at Santa Fe [est. 1610], New Mexico
Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Travel & Business Links
Durango [founded 1880], La Plata County, Colorado
Durango, Colorado Travel & Business Links
Moab[ settled 1878], Grand County, Utah
Central Utah Travel & Business Links
Castle Dale [settled 1879], Emery County, Utah
Cedar City [founded 1851], Iron County, Utah
Southern Utah Travel & Business Links
Las Vegas [founded 1905], Clark County, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada Travel & Business Links
Tecopa hot springs, Inyo County, California
»»» the main route continues here «««
NORTH ROUTE from 1830 - favored by trappers
BEGINS at Santa Fe [est. 1610], New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico Travel & Business Links
Saguache [incorp. 1891], Colorado
Saguache, Colorado Travel & Business Links
Grand Junction, Colorado
»»» rejoins the main route on the Green River in Utah «««
MOHAVE CUTOFF ROUTE
splits off from Main Route near Las Vegas, Nevada
heads south and then west to Barstow
MAIN ROUTE continues from Tecopa hot springs
Barstow [settled 1880s], San Bernardino County, California
Barstow, California area Travel & Business Links
down the Cajon Pass
San Bernardino [incorp. 1869], California
California's Inland Empire region Travel & Business Links
Los Angeles Plaza [founded 1781], California
Southern California area Travel & Business Links
Books About The Old Spanish Trail
search books on keywords 'Old Spanish Trail' {returns 60+ titles} at Amazon
Fiction Books
"The Old Spanish Trail (The Trail Drive Series Book 11)" [] by Ralph Compton
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003J48BZK/
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Spanish-Trail-Drive-Book/dp/0312964080/ = mass
http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Trail-Drive-Compton-1998-01-15/dp/B01MY2FH7I/
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Spanish-Trail-CH/dp/0708992064/
Non-Fiction Books
 | "Overland With Kit Carson: A Narrative of The Old Spanish Trail In '48" [1930] by Lt. George Douglas Brewerton, 1930 Introduction by Stallo Vinton; New Introduction by historian Marc Simmons originally published as installments in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1853 to 1862 Univ Nebraska Press 8x5¼ pb [9/93] for $16.00 Kessinger Publng 1930 edition 9x6 hardcover [6/2008] for $34.92 Kessinger Publng 1930 edition 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $36.76 Coward-McCann / Fireside hardcover [1930] out of print/used |
 | "Old Spanish Trail, Santa Fe To Los Angeles: With Extracts From Contemporary Records and Including Diaries of Antonio Armijo and Orville Pratt" [1993] by LeRoy R. Hafen & Ann W. Hafen Bison Books 8½x5½ pb [3/93] for $25.22 Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 pb [10/2011] for $38.95 Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 hardcover [8/2011] for $53.95 |
"In Search of The Spanish Trail: Santa Fe To Los Angeles, 1829-1848 [7/2007] by C. Gregory Crampton & Steven K. Madsen
http://www.amazon.com/Search-Spanish-Trail-Angeles-1829-1848/dp/0879056142/ pb
"Old Spanish Trail Guide: Guide and Account of The First Reride of The Old Spanish Trail Since 1848" [10/2018] by Richard Waller
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Spanish-Trail-Guide-account/dp/1973752417/
Movies & Television About
The Santa Fe Trail / The Old Spanish Trail
search on keywords 'santa fe trail' at Internet Movie Database
Many of the movies listed here are only loosely connected to The Santa Fe Trail, except maybe by the title or by the story being located in Santa Fe.
"The Santa Fe Trail" 15-chapter silent serial [Arrow Film Corp. July 1923] /tt0014433/
THE GREATEST CHAPTER PLAY OF ALL TIME! + A Story of the Pioneer Days - Whirlwind Action Throughout!
starring Jack Perrin as 'Kit' Carson; CHAPTER TITLES: 1.Mystery of the Trail. 2.Kit Carson's Daring Raid. 3.Wagon of Doom. 4.The Half-Breed's Treachery. 5.The Gauntlet of Death. 6.Ride for Life. 7.Chasm of Fate. 8.Pueblo of Death. 9.The Red Menace. 10.A Duel of Wits. 11.Buried Alive. 12.Cavern of Doom. 13.Scorching Sands. 14.Mission Bells. 15.End of the Trail
"The Santa Fe Trail" [1930] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021055/
Stars Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, Eugene Pallette
"The Painted Stallion" 12-chapter sound serial [Republic Pictures June 1937]
 | New Mexico, circa 1820: A federal agent is assigned to draw up a trade agreement with the newly-installed Mexican governor in Santa Fe, while a trader leads a Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason {as the villain}, Duncan Renaldo, Sammy McKim {as 'Kit' Carson}, Hal Taliaferro {as Jim Bowie}, Jack Perrin {as Davy Crockett}, Ed 'Oscar' Platt, Lou Fulton, Jean Carmen, Yakima Canutt, Maston Williams, Duke Taylor, Loren Riebe, George DeNormand, Gordon De Main, Charles King, Vinegar Roan & Chief John Big Tree
212-minute Republic/Alpha Video b&w DVD [12/2005] for $5.98 212-minute Miracle Pictures b&w DVD [2/2002] for $10.00 201-minute Madacy Records b&w DVD [5/2003] 2 disks - out of prodn/used 212-minute Republic Pictures b&w VHS [5/95] 2 tapes for $4.95 212-minute Republic/Madacy b&w VHS [6/98] 4 tapes for $7.60 serial credits from IMDb • serial/movie entry at Wikipedia |
Silent & Sound Movie Serials Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"The Painted Stallion" feature film [Republic Pictures Feb 1938]
 | 67-minute feature film for foreign release, edited down from the 212-minute 12-chapter serial Alpha Video b&w DVD [3/2014] for $5.98 V.C.I. Video b&w DVD [5/2004] out of prodn/used feature credits from IMDb • serial/movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Santa Fe Trail" (1940) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033021/
In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction
to Santa Fe can resume • Director Michael Curtiz; original screenplay by Robert Buckner; starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey
"The Ranger and The Lady" [Republic Pictures July 1940 & April 1949] /tt0032972/
temporary Governor of Texas levies a tax on travelers using the Santa Fe Trail
directed by Joseph Kane; starring Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Spade Cooley, Trigger
Warner Bros. "Santa Fe Trail" 2-reel Western series, 1943-45
eight short films starring Robert Shayne (7) or Dennis Moore (1) in various hero roles
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=santa-fe-trail-series
"Oklahoma Outlaws" 2-reel Western [#1 = Sept 1943]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036229/
"Wagon Wheels West" 2-reel Western [#2 = Oct 1943]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036510/
"Gun To Gun" 2-reel Western [#3 = Jan 1944]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036887/
"Roaring Guns" [#4 = Feb 1944] Directed by Jean Negulesco
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037229/
"Wells Fargo Days" [#5 = April 1944] starring Dennis Moore
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0224377/
"Trial By Trigger" 2-reel Western [#6 = May 1944]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037396/
"Law of The Badlands" 2-reel Western [#7 = April 1945]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037864/
"Frontier Days" 2-reel Western [#8 = Dec 1945] Robert Shayne
U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037718/
"Over The Santa Fe Trail" (1947) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039690/
traveling musicians, NM bank robbery; starring Ken Curtis, Jennifer Holt, Guy Kibbee, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Noel Neill,
Holmes Herbert, Jock Mahoney; music by Art West & His Sunset Riders and The Hoosier Hotshots
"Santa Fe Passage" (1955) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048584/
A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.
Director: William Witney | Stars: John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron, Slim Pickens
"Shoot The Sun Down" (1978) working title "Santa Fe 1836" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083070/
Director David Leeds, Stars Margot Kidder, Geoffrey Lewis, Christopher Walken
"Exploring The Santa Fe Trail" [March 2021]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rE39nudWVE 41.58
A personal exploration of that section of the historic Santa Fe trail which lies within New Mexico carried out by Tony Fleming's daughter, Jackie,
on her horse, Fancy; color film includes history and readings of some of the original travelers • 'A charming and informative journey'
Stageplays, Games, Other Media
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Image Gallery
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