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Santa Fe Trail

noun

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



Santa Fe Trail

/ 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

  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.

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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.

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The couple's bodies were found by police officers and the El Paso County Search and Rescue at 12:25 a.m. adjacent to Fountain Creek just off the Santa Fe Trail.

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Their bodies were found by police officers and El Paso County Search and Rescue members early Saturday off the Santa Fe Trail near Fountain Creek.

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Joe Swanson, of Santa Fe Trail Farms, started using bees last summer.

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