Santa Fe Trail

noun

1. an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.

Santa Fe Trail

/ ˈsæntə ˈfeɪ /

noun

1. an important trade route in the western US from about 1821 to 1880, linking Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe Trail

1. Trail extending from Independence , Missouri , southwest to Santa Fe , New Mexico .

Notes

Important route used by settlers moving west.

Example Sentences

They were swarming all along the old Santa Fe Trail, on the watch for parties whom they could overwhelm and destroy.

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When about half-way across the plains, they struck the great Santa Fe trail.

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When they ran out of food they killed their pack animals, and thus managed to subsist until they struck the Santa Fe trail.

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Another portion turned off southward, for the Santa Fe Trail again.

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The story of the Santa Fe Trail, now passing into oblivion, once was on the tongue of every man.

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