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Santa Fe Trail. Rosa Paone. Facts. Starts at Independence, Missouri. Ends at Santa Fe, New México. 780 miles long. States Along The Way. Missouri Kansas Colorado Oklahoma New Mexico. Things they will need:. Food and dry fruit Water Wagon Horses Tents and beds
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Santa Fe Trail Rosa Paone
Facts • Starts at Independence, Missouri. • Ends at Santa Fe, New México. • 780 miles long.
States Along The Way • Missouri • Kansas • Colorado • Oklahoma • New Mexico
Things they will need: • Food and dry fruit • Water • Wagon • Horses • Tents and beds • Tin cups, plates, forks • Cows, chickens • Clothes • School books
Dangers Along theTrail • Comanche attacked the wagons • No water • Hot weather
Problems for Pioneers • Very large rocks • Mountains • Snakes
William Bent • Built 2 forts for trading. • People traveling and Native Americans could trade here. • Blacksmith shops were at the fort.
Bibliography • Dean, Arlan. The Santa Fe Trail: From Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. New York: PowerKids Press, 2003. • Wilson, Laura. How I Survived the Oregon Trail: The Journal of Jesse Adams. New York: A Beech Tree Paperback Book, 1999.