Santa Fe Trail
PROGRAM
Summary
Program Preview
Video Tape
Credits
HISTORY
Introduction
A Castle on the Plains
Raton Pass
An Ancient Santa Fe Trail
Amache
Healing the Wounds
Exploring on Your Own
Further Down the Road
References
WAYSIDE EXCURSION
A History of the Santa Fe Trail
Manifest Destiny
Governor Carr
TRAVEL
Chambers/Visitor Centers
Weather/Road Conditions
Map
RESOURCES
Santa Fe Trail Timeline
America's Byways Timeline
Teacher's Guide

Santa Fe Trail

Television Program Credits

Producer/Director
Chris Wheeler

Narrator
Reynelda Muse

Writer
Nell London
Lori Hirose

Editor
Blair Kuster

Music
Peter Kater

Historical Consultant
Mark Gardner

Assistant Producers
Megan Hutchison
Alada Ramsey

Graphics
Great Plains Creative

Online Editor
E. Cutts Hanson

Chyron
C. Lawrence Sanchez

Photography
Sonny Hutchison
Chris Wheeler

Research
Deb Lindgren

Special Thanks
Bruce Rockwell
David Halaas
Sally Pearce
Bents Old Fort National Historic Site
Comanche National Grasslands
Greg Holt
Craig Moore

Archival Images
Collections of the Union League Club, New York City
Colorado Historical Society
Denver Public Library Western History Collection
National Archives
Sam'l P. Arnold
Mark Gardner
The Fighting Caravans

Education Content Credits

Editor-Coordinator
Katie Eck

Writer
Arna Caplan

Consultants
Susan Andrews
Sandra Stokely
Cynthia Stout
Amy Swartz

Guide Design/Layout
Gretadesign, LLC

Website Credits

Producer/Designer
Cher Skoubo

Production Assistants
Maureen Hebdon
Diana Forest
Ellen Ethredge

Graphics
Cher Skoubo

Researchers
Diane Cerafici
Maureen Hebdon
Diana Forest
Cher Skoubo

Copy Editor
Diane Cerafici

Streaming Media
Tom Manion

Flash Timeline
Robert Thomas

Promotion/Administration Credits

Promotion/Copy Editing
Tiffany Q. Tyson

Additional Promotion
Barbara Lubinski
Elizabeth-Ann Rowlison

Accountant
Nicole Hardman

Administrative Assistant
Diane Cerafici

America’s Byways Project Director
Linda Rea


Produced in association with the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission.
HIGHLIGHTS
Old homestead from dust bowl era
Homestead
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Dust Bowl-era homestead along Highway 350.


Mr. Bowley with sudan grass on his farm, Baca County
Farmer with sudan grass
Courtesy, Library of Congress, LC-USF34-034159-D, Photo by Russell Lee

Sudan grass is planted to repair damage caused by dust storms and restore original land conditions.


Yellow and purple wildflowers
Prairie flowers
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Today where storms once carved a dust bowl, wildflowers bloom. Juniper trees perfume the air with their delicate fragrance.


Purple wildflowers and wild grasses
Wildflowers
Great Divide Pictures LLC

Wild grasses grow with abandon and the sun throws its golden reflection along the rolling prairie.


White wildflowers on the prairie
Prairie flowers
Great Divide Pictures LLC

The Comanche National Grassland provides a unique window on the beauty of the Great Plains, a glimpse of what this land was like before the Dust Bowl.
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