An ideal companion book, unfortunately out of print, is Gregory Franzwa's "Maps of the Santa Fe Trail," a collection of modern county road maps with the trail route marked. Used copies often can ...

Meet the trailblazing women of the Santa Fe Trail. The Santa Fe Trail was a major international trade route in the 1800s. Spanning about 800 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe ...

An interview with Dr. Frances Levine’s on her book “Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail.” Dr. Frances Levine’s book “Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail” gives voice to the ...

But in her new book, “Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail,” St. Louis-based author ... census records, property maps, wills and lawsuits.” She struggled especially to find particulars ...