April 3rd, 2016: Santa Fe Trail

Diaphone Jim · 04-03-2016, 11:17 AM

The snapshot of the wagon train carries a lot of information and brings up many feelings.
Looks like there are 10 oxen per tandem unit. They never would have gotten by a PETA checkpoint.
15 miles a day wasn't too bad considering.
So they were freighters, not families, a job not migration.
I wonder if the goods were appreciated when they got to Santa Fe.
And if the boots were up to the walk.
I think it will make my Sunday seem pretty comfy.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-03-2016, 03:00 PM

Part of the trip was flat like the second picture, some rugged like the first. I dug through quite a few pictures and there's a lot of pictures of single wagons with horses. The oxen double tandem may have been the Cimarron cut off or later when the were hauling bigger loads, much of which was going to Mexico city, through Mexican traders in Santa fe. There were stage coaches also.

I'll bet this picture was leaving Ft Dodge where the trail splits Cimarron left, mountain right.

04-03-2016, 03:00 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Part of the trip was flat like the second picture, some rugged like the first. I dug through quite a few pictures and there's a lot of pictures of single wagons with horses. The oxen double tandem may have been the Cimarron cut off or later when the were hauling bigger loads, much of which was going to Mexico city, through Mexican traders in Santa fe. There were stage coaches also. I'll bet this picture was leaving Ft Dodge where the trail splits Cimarron left, mountain right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-03-2016, 11:17 AM	#1
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	The snapshot of the wagon train carries a lot of information and brings up many feelings. Looks like there are 10 oxen per tandem unit. They never would have gotten by a PETA checkpoint. 15 miles a day wasn't too bad considering. So they were freighters, not families, a job not migration. I wonder if the goods were appreciated when they got to Santa Fe. And if the boots were up to the walk. I think it will make my Sunday seem pretty comfy.

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