Old Spanish National Historic Trail

New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM

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Address:National Trails Office Regions 6|7|8, Old Spanish National Historic Trail, 1100 Old Santa Fe Trail · Santa Fe, NM · 87505

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Follow the routes of mule pack trains across the Southwest on the Old Spanish National Historic Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California. New Mexican traders moved locally produced merchandise across what are now six states to exchange for mules and horses.

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The Old Spanish Trail is a historic trade route that connected the Nuevo México settlements of Santa Fe with those of Los Angeles and the rest of Alta California. Approximately 700 mi (1,100 km) long, the trail ran through areas of high mountains, arid deserts, and deep canyons. It is considered one of the most arduous of all trade routes ever established in the United States. Explored, in part, by Spanish explorers as early as the late 16th century, the trail was extensively used by traders with pack trains from about 1830 until the mid-1850s. The area was part of Mexico from Mexican independence in 1821 to the Mexican Cession to the United States in 1848.

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