Death on the Santa Fe Trail
In the 1830s Manuel Salustiano Delgado, an enterprising businessman developed cholera. He died along the Santa Fe Trail in route from Franklin, Missouri. His death
January 7, 2022
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In the 1830s Manuel Salustiano Delgado, an enterprising businessman developed cholera. He died along the Santa Fe Trail in route from Franklin, Missouri. His death
Under the Spanish flag Santa Fe managed to eke out an existence. Traders, trappers, and farmers came through town to sell their goods. It wasn’t
William Becknell: Father of the Santa Fe Trail In 1821 Mexico had gained independence from Spain. It was then that commercial trade opened with the
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