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The Santa Fe Trail: Yesterday and Today

SKU: 1021018

By: William E. Hill
232 Pages
Paperback
Maps, Drawings, Photographs, Paintings

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Price: $12.95

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Here lies an description of the history of the Santa Fe Trail - from past to present. It is a unique blend of maps, guides, emigrant diaries and journals, old drawings and paintings, together with recent photographs. This book tells the story of the Santa Fe Trail in an interesting, easy to read manner and is packed with information for everyone - the armchair traveler, tourist, the historian and the Santa Fe Trail buff. The realities of the trail are examined, as the misconceptions that have surrounded it are dispelled. The Trail is explored through the eyes of the early emigrants' art and diaries, which stand as evidence of their experiences and their true amazement as they travelled westward. Old paintings are compared to similar views toady as photographed by the author while many of the landmarks along the trail still remain. Learn about the people and events that brought so many people west in the years of its development. Not only will you read about the Trail, you will experience it almost as if you were an early emigrant yourself. A must have for any Santa Fe Trail treasure and relic hunter.

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