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The Santa Fe Trail ran from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, in what is now New Mexico. The Trail opened in 1821, the year Mexico gained its independence from Spain. A decade later, the Trail had two main routes: the Mountain Fork, which went through Colorado, and the Cimarron Fork, which went through Kansas. Travel along the Trail reached its height after the Mexican Cession, in 1848. The Civil War brought travel along the Santa Fe Trail to a stop, but people began traveling again after the war ended, in 1865. The introduction of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad in 1880 made wagon travel a less attractive option, and the Santa Fe Trail fell into dicuse.
The Santa Fe Trail :)
