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Life on the Santa Fe Trail

Life on the Santa Fe Trail

It wasn’t only the Indians who made life precarious for the travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. The country was literally crawling with rattlesnakes,...

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Greenhorns on the Santa Fe Trail

Greenhorns on the Santa Fe Trail

By 1824 the Santa Fe trade was in full swing. Joshua Gregg, in his classic tome, Commerce of the Prairies, described some of the action as he...

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Fred Harvey and his Harvey Houses

Fred Harvey and his Harvey Houses

Before the days of railroad dining cars, passengers were forced to eat in the local hash houses wherever the train happened to stop. The food was...

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James Ohio Pattie

James Ohio Pattie

The first American trappers to enter Arizona, according to the best records, arrived in 1826. The party listed among its members three men destined...

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