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The Santa Fe Trail. Amber. Santa Fe Trail. 780 miles long Start in Independence and end in Santa Fe. Three states that Santa Fe goes through. Missouri, Kansas, Colorado. Things for the trip . Covered Wagons Cows Farmers Clothes Tents Blankets Guns. Dangers along the trail .
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The Santa Fe Trail Amber
Santa Fe Trail • 780 miles long • Start in Independence and end in Santa Fe
Three states that Santa Fe goes through • Missouri, Kansas, Colorado
Things for the trip • Covered Wagons • Cows • Farmers • Clothes • Tents • Blankets • Guns
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 encounter • Rocky mountains • Hot desert
William Becknell • He opened the Santa Fe trail in 1821 • The followed the Arkansas river • They made a new route to Santa Fe
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.