| Summary: | Today forty million Americans live in the cities and towns, on the farms and ranches, of the American West. The story of this westward course of empire is the story of the earliest travel over the great overland routes to the Pacific. It is a tale of tremendous achievement, drama and action, of courage and endurance. To recount the opening of the West one has but to follow the great trails, but their panorama is too sweeping to be covered in one volume. This book, therefore, is focused on the Santa Fe, with all its color, romance and adventure. In text and picture is thrillingly reveal its significance as an important part of the whole westward movement.
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