In this comprehensive history, David J. Weber draws on Spanish, Mexican, and American sources to describe the development of the Taos trade and the early penetration of the area by French and American trappers. Within this borderlands region, colorful characters such as Ewing Young, Kit Carson, Peg-leg Smith, and the Robidoux brothers pioneered new trails to the Colorado Basin, the Gila River, and the Pacific and contributed to the wealth that flowed east along the Santa Fe Trail.
- ISBN13 9780806117027
- Publish Date 15 December 1980 (first published December 1971)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 228
- Language English