America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 06 · Routes Before the Motorcar · Page 18 in print
Old Spanish Trail
Old Spanish Trail traders carried woolens to Los Angeles and brought California horses and mules back toward Santa Fe.
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Abiquiu
New Mexico departure point of Armijo’s caravan.
Amargosa
Amargosa River on the Armijo Route.
Armijo
Led the first commercial caravan, 1829.
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Blankets
Woolen blankets carried in an 1834 trade caravan.
Cajon Pass
Cajon Pass, mountain crossing near the trail’s western end. Mountain crossing used by the caravan route.
Cochetopa
Cochetopa Pass on the North Branch. Pass crossed by the North Branch, not Armijo’s original route.
Escalante
Friar of the 1776 exploration whose crossing Armijo later reached.
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Jose Avieta
José Avieta, trader carrying woolens to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles
Western terminus of the trail.
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Mules
Mules carrying loads on the Old Spanish Trail. Pack animals used on the rugged trade route.
Serapes
New Mexican woolen goods carried west.
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Virgin River
Virgin River on the Armijo Route.
Walkara
Ute leader whose 1840 raid took 3,000 horses.
Wolfskill
William Wolfskill, co-blazer of the Northern Route.
Yount
George C. Yount, co-blazer of the Northern Route.
Sources
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Armijo Route - UtahBureau of Land Management
- National Park Service / Bureau of Land Management, May 2012 brochureNational Park Service
- History & Culture - Old Spanish National Historic TrailNational Park Service
- Old Spanish National Historic TrailNational Park Service
- Ute Raiding Along the Old Spanish TrailNational Park Service