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Definition of Santa fe trail
1. Noun. A trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Santa Fe Trail
Literary usage of Santa fe trail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"The santa fe trail coupled the Rio Grande and the mighty Missouri, as has been
mentioned, by a well-beaten and more or less easy and comfortable way which ..."
2. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"Unlike many of the routes across the Wild West frontier, the santa fe trail was
established by commercial traders rather than emigrant pioneers, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1917)
"santa fe trail, the beginning of which was in 1520, when Francisco Vasquez ...
This is the original santa fe trail. In later years, the trail from El Paso, ..."
4. Early Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Mexico by William Ray Manning (1916)
"CHAPTER V DIPLOMACY CONCERNING THE OPENING OF THE SANTA FE: TRAIL Among the early
matters to furnish occasion for diplomatic communications between Poinsett ..."
5. Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California by John Taylor Hughes, Dewitt Clinton Allen, Charles R. Morehead (1907)
"APPENDIX G. THE santa fe trail. Gregg tells us that the Santa Fe trade had no
very definite origin. Captain Pike found James ..."
6. The Great Plains: The Romance of Western American Exploration, Warfare, and by Randall Parrish (1907)
"No great company ever operated on the santa fe trail. Not until the last years
of the trade did the investments average as high as one thousand dollars to ..."
7. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1902)
"But the term santa fe trail did not apply to these extensions. It referred only
to the route across the broad, uninhabited region between the frontier ..."
8. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"The santa fe trail coupled the Rio Grande and the mighty Missouri, as has been
mentioned, by a well-beaten and more or less easy and comfortable way which ..."
9. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"Unlike many of the routes across the Wild West frontier, the santa fe trail was
established by commercial traders rather than emigrant pioneers, ..."
10. Publications by English Dialect Society (1917)
"santa fe trail, the beginning of which was in 1520, when Francisco Vasquez ...
This is the original santa fe trail. In later years, the trail from El Paso, ..."
11. Early Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Mexico by William Ray Manning (1916)
"CHAPTER V DIPLOMACY CONCERNING THE OPENING OF THE SANTA FE: TRAIL Among the early
matters to furnish occasion for diplomatic communications between Poinsett ..."
12. Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California by John Taylor Hughes, Dewitt Clinton Allen, Charles R. Morehead (1907)
"APPENDIX G. THE santa fe trail. Gregg tells us that the Santa Fe trade had no
very definite origin. Captain Pike found James ..."
13. The Great Plains: The Romance of Western American Exploration, Warfare, and by Randall Parrish (1907)
"No great company ever operated on the santa fe trail. Not until the last years
of the trade did the investments average as high as one thousand dollars to ..."
14. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1902)
"But the term santa fe trail did not apply to these extensions. It referred only
to the route across the broad, uninhabited region between the frontier ..."
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