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Santa Fe Trail

American  

noun

  1. an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.


Santa Fe Trail British  
/ ˈsæntə ˈfeɪ /

noun

  1. an important trade route in the western US from about 1821 to 1880, linking Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Santa Fe Trail Cultural  
  1. Trail extending from Independence, Missouri, southwest to Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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Important route used by settlers moving west.

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Santa Fe Trail Transportation decision broadened those protections, ruling Section 1981 prohibits racial discrimination in private employment against white people as well as people of color.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

How El Monte is perceived is a battle that has stretched back decades, he said, and is encapsulated in the mythology surrounding the Santa Fe Trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2022

Film actor who starred in westerns including Santa Fe Trail with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland and the Oscar nominated King's Row.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2018

Riley stocked a museum in Elkhart with her findings along the Santa Fe Trail and most of those items found their way to Arkansas last spring inside two U-Haul vans.

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2014

You who take the trouble to read these reminiscences of the Santa Fe Trail may be curious to know how much of them are literally true.

From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by Ryus, William H.

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