Show F Famous amoul Santa Fe Fc Trail Linked With Coronado It was In 1541 that Coronado followed fol- fol fol tol- lowed lowel the future line of ot the Santa Fo 0 trull probably as far a as al the site of Wichita and that date though the suggestion as to earlier years tails falls to response deserves some sort of ot com com- memora Uon The Santa Sante Fe trail or por pot of ot it must have c known the sweep of ot more than one ancient migration before Coronados Coronado's day daY 1 perhaps S do- do from the North 1 perhaps s coming up out of ot tho the crowded old civilizations of ot the South South but but its ita known history began with Coronado And what a history it was through i more than years ears I 1 It was the first of ot the great beaten tracks which joined the American East and West It ft never approached in those later northern routes that went from Crom the Mississippi l to Oregon and California nor was its traffic notable fur for the tho riches carried But where the theother theother theother other trails went into an almost virgin virgin vir vir- gin territory the Santa Fe trail linked two opposing civilizations West Vest and south along aloni its course following tollo the pioneers the traders and the buffalo hunters went that tide from the tho Middle West Vest which battled and finally supplanted and transplanted transplant transplant- c ed Cd traditions and life Ute of ot off far Spain B Boston ston Herald |