The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway

by Henry Inman

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Genres: History

398 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1897

Reviews

[Clay Peck · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of amazing, tragic, and heroic tales come from the journey from Kansas City to Santa Fe on the historic trail which followed the Arkansa River through Comanche and other hostile Indian territory. There was big money to be made by taking wagon trails full of goods from the east to sell to the Mexicans (before the Mexican-American war). Also big risks to be faced! Thus, the development of many forts for protection of travelers, most notably Bents Fort in Colorado.

[Wayne Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not an account of traveling on the Santa Fe Trail but, rather, a compendium of selected adventures that occurred in the vicinity of the Trail over a period of about half a century. By the time this book was published in 1897 all these stories had already been told in other publications so this is more of a digest rather than a diary.

[Bet Tripp · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting book to read


A great book that gives the reader a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail. The author was generous in his accounts of the blood shed and difficulty of life on the trail

[Paul McCarty · Rating 3 out of 5]

The last chapter gave me an awesome visual!

[Ebook Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, the e-book version can be found at:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/stor...

[Jason Crow · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good description of the trail itself, its history, and the economics behind the opening of the West.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I chose this book because I recognized the author, Henry Inman, Stories of the Old Santa Fe Trail, and because I find the stories of the Santa Fe Trail interesting. A short read, but helps fill in the times and characters of the ante bellum far west.

[Sidney Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Series of anecdotes

This book consists of a series of interesting anecdotes loosely related to the Old Santa Fe Trail and a large area nearby. The overall effect is an enjoyable book, but one that falls somewhat short of providing a distinct image of the Trail itself.

[Ralph Estes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good; reminiscences by participant in much of history of old West; Becknell, Chisholm Custer, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Dick Wooten, Bents, more