![]() ![]() Great rooms stood roofless, their whitewashed walls open to the sky. Here and there a tottering adobe wall where once a mighty howitzer had stood. “ At Fort Union I found crumbling walls and tottering chimneys. Towards the end of her life she visited many important sites along the Trail. In 1871, she moved to a ranch in the mountains west of Trinidad, CO, where her husband was murdered during the Colfax County War. After marrying, she was an “army wife” for some time, before setting up a trading post beside the Trail. To get myself in the mood, I’ve been reading Land of Enchantment, the memoirs of Marion Sloan Russell, who travelled the Santa Fe Trail multiple times. ![]() The American Solar Challenge is on again in 2021, and includes a road race along the Santa Fe Trail on 4–7 August, from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM (exact route still to be decided). NPS map of the Santa Fe Trail in 1871 (click to zoom more maps here) ![]()
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