Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail
Download or Read eBook Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail PDF written by Matthew C. Field and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Matthew C. Field |
| Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0806127163 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780806127163 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail by : Matthew C. Field
Book excerpt: In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July "with a few wagons and a carefree spirit," Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field’s observations offer the modern reader a unique glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe Trail.
