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http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/motorcycle.htm

http://www.wheelsmuseum.org/011505.html

http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/news.php?id=42

highway in NewMexico

Santa Fe Trail

     Highway in NewMexico have a long history, especially the Santa Fe Trail. The Trail way was the one of the most important highway in New Mexico. It became America's first great international commercial highway in 1821, and for nearly sixty years after, the Santa Fe Trail became one of the nation's great routes of adventure and western expansion. It was an ancient passageway used by merchant-traders who took manufactured goods to Santa Fe in exchange for furs and other items available in Santa Fe. Also the Mexican traders provided caravans to go to western Missouri in this international trade.

     Basically there are two kinds of route on the Santa Fe Trail. The first route is the Mountain Route. The mountain route(long route) of the Santa Fe was 230 miles of unprotected campsites between Fort Larned and Fort Lyon in Colorado. It followed the Arkansas River into Colorado before turning south. The second route is the Jornada Route. The Jornada Route is very dry and has less water.(desert route). It stretchs cuts southwest at Cimarron Crossing and other Arkansas River crossings. This route saved ten days and would carry75% of all future trade. And lots of traders went and back to used this route for trading their goods.

     In 1821, William Becknell, the trader who came from Missouri, first to follow the route that later became known as the Santa Fe Trail. He used his mule train to pass through Morris County, later became known as Council Grove. The Santa Fe Trail was established to transport freight from Kansas City to Santa Fe, New Mexico and to trade with the spanish. Also in 1822, William Becknell found a good mode of transportation and a passable wagon route. So he started using wagons for take trade goods over the Santa Fe Trail, instead of mule train or horses. and when the time past. People start to call him as the Father of the Santa Fe Trail.

     

     The Santa Fe Trail start heavily used when the Mexican War begin. Because of the large military supplies. it was transported from the Missouri River Towns to the Southwest. Santa Fe Trail was the main transportation route until 1872. When the Santa Fe Railroad became the Colorado border, the days of the Santa Fe Trail as a main transportation route were over.

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COLORES | With Each Turn Of The Wheel: The Santa Fe Trail 1821-1996 

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http://www.theroadwanderer.net/route66.htm
http://www.national66.org/resources/history-of-route-66/
http://ttpt.org/HistoryCulture/TurquoiseTrailHistory.aspx
http://www.santafetrail.org/
http://www.vlib.us/old_west/trails/sfthist.html

New Mexico Rail Ways

New Mexico Rail Ways

In the 1850’s a rail road was introduced to New Mexico, and it would change the coerce of history, however it was still under construction, and it was at risk of being deconstructed do to financial problems. However the rail road did make it to New Mexico and it was originally built to replace the long and dangerous walk of the Santa Fe Trail but it was primarily used for industry use, such as the transportation of coal and lumber. Because of this rail rode the population of New Mexico grew vastly along it, and with the population industry also grew. The production of products like coal, lumber and cattle was off the charts, and because New Mexico was making so much money it needed a place to put it. The number of banks grew from two to more than fifty. People say when new things are born the old things pass away and that was what happened to the Santa Fe Trail. Because of the rail way the long and dangerous walk of the Santa Fe Trail was simply unnecessary and out dated. The rail road was one of the best things to happen to New Mexico and the majority of its rail way’s still exist today. 

All Work Cited at: New Mexico and its Railroads, at; http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails_docs.php?fileID=22283 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_vhIdYJtQ

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1. a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century 

2. The railroad did make it to New Mexico and it was originally built to replace the long and dangerous walk of the Santa Fe Trail, but it was primarily used for industry use, such as the transportation of ???? and lumber

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3. In the 1850’s a ???????? was introduced to New Mexico

4. railroad was introduced to New Mexico In the 1850’s. however it was still under construction, and it was at risk of being deconstructed due to ???????? problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_vhIdYJtQ

New Mexico Rail Ways

In the 1850’s a railroad was introduced to New Mexico, and it would change the course of history, however it was still under construction, and it was at risk of being deconstructed due to financial problems. However the railroad did make it to New Mexico and it was originally built to replace the long and dangerous walk of the Santa Fe Trail, but it was primarily used for industry use, such as the transportation of coal and lumber. Because of this railrode the population of New Mexico grew vastly along it, and with the population industry also grew. The production of coal, lumber and cattle was off the charts, and because New Mexico was making so much money it needed a place to invest it and so the number of banks grew from two to more than fifty. People say when new things are born the old things pass away and that was what happened to the Santa Fe Trail. Because of the rail way the long and dangerous walk of the Santa Fe Trail was simply unnecessary and out dated. The rail road was one of the best things to happen to New Mexico and the majority of its railways still exist today. 
Work Cited 
http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails_docs.php?fileID=22283