From Franklin,
Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Santa
Fe National Historic Trail is rich with history and adventure. In the Santa
Fe Trail bibliography, you will find a variety of publications that relate
to the Trail. While many may be out of print or hard to find, they may still
be available at your local Public Library or through Inter-Library Loan.
You might also check with local college and university libraries.
Traveling the Trail Today
The traveler who wants to explore the Santa Fe Trail would
do well to pick up both of the following guidebooks. Taken together, the
modern explorer will have a complete guide to the Trail.
Franzwa, Gregory M. The Santa Fe Trail Revisited.
St. Louis: The Patrice Press, 1989.
Simmons, Marc. Following the Santa Fe Trail: A Guide
for Modern Travelers. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 2001 [1984].
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General Trail History
Brown, William E. The Santa Fe Trail. St.
Louis: The Patrice Press, 1988.
Chalfant, William Y. Dangerous Passage: The Santa
Fe Trail and The Mexican War. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, 1994.
Duffus, Robert L. The Santa Fe Trail. New York:
Longmans, Green and Co, 1931.
Gardner, Mark L., ed. Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua
Trails, Edward James Glasgow and William Henry Glasgow 1846-1848.
Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1993.
Gardner, Mark L., ed. The Mexican Road: Trade,
Travel, and Confrontation on the Santa Fe Trail. Manhattan, Kansas:
Sunflower University Press, 1989.
Loomis, Noel M., and Abraham P. Nasatir. Pedro
Vial and The Roads to Santa Fe. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, 1967.
Parkison, Jami. Path to Glory: A Pictorial Celebration
of the Santa Fe Trail. Kansas City: Highwater Editions, A Division
of Jane Mobley Associates, Inc., 1996.
Simmons, Marc ed. On the Santa Fe Trail.
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986.
Vestal, Stanley. The Old Santa Fe Trail.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996.
Wetzel, David N., ed. The Santa Fe Trail: New
Perspectives. Denver: The State Historical Society of Colorado,
1987.
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Personal Accounts of the Trail
Becknell, William. 1821-22 Journal as reprinted
from Missouri Intelligencer, Franklin, Mo, April 22, 1823.). Missouri
Historical Review, Columbia, v.4, 71-81. Also in, St. Louis, v.2, 57-75.
Field, Matt. Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail. Collected
by Clyde and Mae Reed Porter. Edited by John E. Sunder. Norman: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1995 [1960].
Gregg, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies. Edited
by Max L. Moorhead. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. [1954]
Magoffin, Susan Shelby. Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico.
Edited by Stella M. Drumm. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982 [New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1962].
Majors, Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier.
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893.
Russell, Marian Sloan. Land of Enchantment: Memoirs Along the Santa Fe Trail.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1981.
Webb, James Josiah. Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade.
(Edited by Ralph P. Bieber). Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Co.,
1931.
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General Western History
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Barry, Louise. The Beginning of The West: Annals of the Kansas
Gateway to the American West 1540-1854.
Topeka, Kansas: Kansas State Historical Society, 1972.
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Related Trails
Garrard, Lewis H. Wah-to-yah and The Taos Trail.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955.
Miller, Arthur P. and Marjorie L. Miller. Trails Across America: Traveler's
Guide to Our National Scenic and Historic Trails. Golden, Colorado:
Fulcrum Publishing, 1996.
Moorhead, Max L. New Mexico's Royal Road: Trade
and Travel on the Chihuahua Trail. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, 1994 [1958].
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Related Local History
Davis, W. W. H. El Gringo; or, New Mexico and Her
People. New York: Harper & Bros., 1857.
Lavender, David. Bent's Fort. Garden City,
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1954.
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For Children
An educational activity book, "Adventures with The Santa Fe Trail,"
by Dave Webb is available from:
The Kansas Heritage Center
P.O. Box 1275
Dodge City, Kansas 67801-1275
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