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This video is the first installment on a seven part mini-series about the trails leading into the American West. The Santa Fe trail was the first overland route into the west that utilized the iconic conestoga covered wagons. It was principly a commerce route traversed by merchants, mountain men, vaqueros, and homesteaders eager to make a profit in the Mexican markets at trail's end.

According to the wagon boss, Josiah Gregg, the year 2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the trail's inaugural passage west.