Colonel Henry Inman, an old Regular Army officer, tells the history of the great trade road between Missouri and Santa Fe, from the Spanish era and the first American traders to the wagon trains and pack mules of its heyday. Fights with the Comanches, the Mexican War, the valley of Taos, Charles Bent, the first overland mail and the battle of Glorieta all have their place.
A rich store of frontier history and anecdote, with a preface by Buffalo Bill, for anyone fascinated by the American West. Download the free EPUB.