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NPS Ruins of Fort Union on the Santa Fe Trail, with wagon wheel ruts visible in the foreground behind display.

NPS Ruins of Fort Union on the Santa Fe Trail, with wagon wheel ruts visible in the foreground behind display.

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.