"Three Roads to Chihuahua: The Great Wagon Roads That Opened the Southwest, 1823-1883" is the story of the shifting path of trade between what is now the U.S. Southwest and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It recounts the making of three separate roads to the Mexican silver mining area to facilitate the exchange of U.S. goods for Mexican silver: the first from Santa Fe, New Mexico; the last two across West Texas. This is a history that focuses on the explorers who blazed the trails and is written for the reader interested in ...
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"Three Roads to Chihuahua: The Great Wagon Roads That Opened the Southwest, 1823-1883" is the story of the shifting path of trade between what is now the U.S. Southwest and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It recounts the making of three separate roads to the Mexican silver mining area to facilitate the exchange of U.S. goods for Mexican silver: the first from Santa Fe, New Mexico; the last two across West Texas. This is a history that focuses on the explorers who blazed the trails and is written for the reader interested in adventure.
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Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. A few instances of red underlining noted. DJ has some wear and soiling. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 398 p. Endpaper map. Map. Illustrations/photo section. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The author was a fourth generation Texan. After the attack on Pearl Harbor he volunteered for service with the U.S. Navy, was commissioned, and served until he was released in 1946. He was director of public information for the Social Security Administration for nearly two decades. After he retired from Federal service, he devoted himself to writing about the Southwest in the nineteenth century.
