From Jedediah Smith's final fight to an unlikely flash flood in the desert, "It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail" gives readers a unique look at intriguing people and episodes from one of America's most historically important trails, the artery that opened the Southwest to settlement. Find out how Colonel Kit Carson survived the Battle of Adobe Walls. Discover how a famous mountain man became an unlikely millionaire. And read all about how a railroad traded a lifetime of social security for a right of way!

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