The Old Santa Fe TrailTHE STORY OF A GREAT HIGHWAYReading editionChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE STORY OF A GREAT HIGHWAYPREFACE.DETAILED CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.Chapter I · UNDER THE SPANIARDS.Chapter II · LA LANDE AND PURSLEY.Chapter III · EARLY TRADERS.Chapter IV · TRAINS AND PACKERS.Chapter V · FIGHT WITH COMANCHES.Chapter VI · A ROMANTIC TRAGEDY.Chapter VII · MEXICO DECLARES WAR.Chapter VIII · THE VALLEY OF TAOS.Chapter IX · FIRST OVERLAND MAIL.Chapter X · CHARLES BENT.Chapter XI · LA GLORIETA.Chapter XII · 41 THE BUFFALO.Chapter XIII · INDIAN CUSTOMS AND LEGENDS.Chapter XIV · TRAPPERS.Chapter XV · UNCLE JOHN SMITH.Chapter XVI · KIT CARSON.Chapter XVII · UNCLE DICK WOOTON.Chapter XVIII · MAXWELL'S RANCH.Chapter XIX · BENT'S FORTS.Chapter XX · PAWNEE ROCK.Chapter XXI · FOOLING STAGE ROBBERS.Chapter XXII · A DESPERATE RIDE.Chapter XXIII · HANCOCK'S EXPEDITION.Chapter XXIV · INVASION OF THE RAILROAD.FOOTNOTES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACE.All chapters and sections (29)Other sectionsTHE STORY OF A GREAT HIGHWAYPREFACE.DETAILED CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324Other sectionsFOOTNOTES.By Colonel Henry InmanLate Assistant Quartermaster, United States ArmyPREFACE. →