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GOOGLE IMAGES Painting by William Tylee Ranney (1813-1857) of frontiersman Kit Carson who started a trading post on the Santa Fe Trail.

GOOGLE IMAGES Painting by William Tylee Ranney (1813-1857) of frontiersman Kit Carson who started a trading post on the Santa Fe Trail.

March 22, 2020

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The people and times of the historic Santa Fe Trail
March 22, 2020 1 a.m.

The people and times of the historic Santa Fe Trail

Traveling the Santa Fe Trail in the early 1800s was high adventure — though sometimes boring, with only seeing the occasional prairie dog breaking the monotony.