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DON TROIANI/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES When Confederate militia from Texas shown here and led by Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley invaded New Mexico, hoping to take the territory for the South, Kit Carson joined Union Colonel Edward R. S. Canby in stopping them at the Battle of Valverde in the Rio Grande Valley in 1862.

DON TROIANI/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES When Confederate militia from Texas shown here and led by Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley invaded New Mexico, hoping to take the territory for the South, Kit Carson joined Union Colonel Edward R. S. Canby in stopping them at the Battle of Valverde in the Rio Grande Valley in 1862.

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.