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Old Spanish Trail - Historical Overview
About the Old Spanish TrailOro Grande wash, Victorville, CA
The Old Spanish National Historic Trail was designated as
part of the National Trails System in 2002. The trail
connected New Mexico’s frontier colonies to their
counterparts in southern California in the early 19th century.
The Old Spanish Trail was primarily a
mule pack route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles,
which developed partly from a network of American Indian and Hispanic trade routes. Although
primarily a trade thoroughfare, it also was used by
explorers,
trappers,
prospectors, and
immigrants. In
1847, Mormons initiated wagon travel along the western half of the trail while traveling between Salt
Lake City and Los Angeles. The Mormon wagon route replicated or paralleled the Old Spanish Trail for
most of the distance between the present-day communities of Paragonah, Utah, and San Bernardino,
California. |
Contents About the Old Spanish Trail American Indian groups Spanish colonial interest In late summer of 1826 A major variation of the Old Spanish Trail The major reason for travel There was considerable legal trade Some of the vast fur trade Hispanic New Mexican families Americans and other foreigners With the American takeover of California Over the years a number of military groups Overall, use of the Old Spanish Trail Detail from Fremont's 1848 explorations map |
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