The Santa Fe Trail project is one of 22 grant recipients from the Colorado Tourism Office. Others include a hotel feasibility study in Cheyenne County, enhanced wildlife viewing in Trinidad and ...

A number of Santa Fe Trail routes went through the grassland, which covers more than 440,000 acres. You'll find a number of interpretive areas here to learn about the trail's history.

The Santa Fe Trail is a 17 mile converted rail trail in Palmer Lake, the trail winds down to Northern Colorado Springs via the former right-of-way of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (ATSF).

In about a half-mile, a map marks the start of Santa Fe Open Space, where we found the trails well-marked and easy to follow — and refreshingly dry for early spring, thanks to south-facing slopes.

Once the Pikes Peak Gold Rush starts, the Santa Fe Trail is one of the major thoroughfares that brought some 100,000 people to Colorado during 1858-9." ...

El Paso County commissioners got the ball rolling this week on a land swap agreement to map out the future of the New Santa Fe Trail during construction of an adjacent development in the town of ...

Head another 80 miles to the southwest, and you'll hit Trinidad, another Santa Fe trail town known for its family-friendly charm, arts and culture, and outdoor recreation.

Meet the trailblazing women of the Santa Fe Trail. The Santa Fe Trail was a major international trade route in the 1800s. Spanning about 800 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, it was a ...

The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore David Dary. Knopf Publishing Group, $30 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-375-40361-3 ...

The men in the caravans on the Santa Fe trail americanized the people of New Mexico long before Zachary Taylor’s shot on the Rio Grande in April, 1846, started the Mexican War.