The Santa Fe Trail Amber. Santa Fe Trail 780 miles long Start in Independence and end in Santa Fe

The Santa Fe TrailThe Santa Fe Trail

AmberAmber

Santa Fe TrailSanta Fe Trail

• 780 miles long

• Start in Independence and end in Santa Fe

Three states that Santa Fe goes Three states that Santa Fe goes throughthrough

• Missouri, Kansas, Colorado

Things for the trip Things for the trip

• Covered Wagons

• Cows

• Farmers

• Clothes

• Tents

• Blankets

• Guns

Dangers along the trail Dangers along the trail

• No water

• Desert Routes

• They killed Buffalo

• Cut down trees

• The Native attacked them

• The U.S army built fort along the trail

Pioneers encounterPioneers encounter

• Rocky mountains

• Hot desert

William Becknell William Becknell

• He opened the Santa Fe trail in 1821

• The followed the Arkansas river

• They made a new route to Santa Fe

Bibliography Bibliography

Dean, Arlan . The Santa Fe Trail. New York: Powerkids Press , 2003.

Wilson, Laura. How I Survived The Oregon Trail. New York : A Beech Tree Paperback Book, 1999.