When one imagines all the storied routes in the history of our nation, the Santa Fe Trail often comes to mind first. As this country's first international highway, it was where Missouri traders headed south, Hispanic traders headed east, and the United States Army traveled when it went to war with Mexico in 1846. Following the Trail today, you can still see wagon ruts, and you can almost hear the whoops and cries of "All's set!" as trail hands hitched their oxen to freight wagons.
We will pick up the Trail at La Junta, Colorado, just after it splits into the Mountain Route and the Cimarron cut-off. Along the way we will meet Kit Carson, "Uncle Dick" Wootten, the Bent's, and outlaws Jesse James and Billy the Kid. We will see Bent's New Fort, the magnificently reconstructed Bent's Old Fort, Raton, Cimarron, and Fort Union. We will travel from charming Mexican villages such as Tecolote and San Miguel to the trail towns of Trinidad and Las Vegas (New Mexico, that is). We will also visit the Civil War battlefield at Glorieta Pass, the most decisive battle in the West, where Colorado Volunteers turned back a Confederate invasion right on the Trail.
Always in sight of the incredible Rocky Mountains, the scenery will be breathtaking, and the history lively and colorful. Mike Koury and this land have a great story to tell. Follow in the curious company of traders, mountain men, and adventurers as the entire saga of the Southwest unfolds along the Santa Fe Trail.
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