Old Spanish Trail (trade route)

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commerce route historic trade route overland trail

Old Spanish Trail (trade route) was a historic overland commerce route that linked the northern New Mexico settlements with California, facilitating trade in goods such as woolen textiles and horses across the American Southwest in the 19th century.

Aliases (1)

Old Spanish National Historic Trail ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commerce route → historic trade route → overland trail →
administeredBy	National Park Service →
associatedWith	Californio ranchers → Mexican traders → Navajo people → New Mexican merchants → Paiute people → Spanish colonial trade networks → Ute people →
beganUse	1820s →
connects	California → Los Angeles, California → New Mexico → Santa Fe, New Mexico →
countryDuringPrimaryUse	Mexico →
declinedUse	late 1840s →
declinedUseReason	opening of shorter routes after the Mexican–American War →
designationBy	United States Congress →
designationYear	2002 →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
laterCountry	United States →
length	approximately 1200 miles →
locatedIn	American Southwest → United States →
nameOrigin	Spanish colonial era exploration and trade →
passesThrough	Arizona → California deserts → Colorado → Nevada → New Mexico Territory → Utah →
peakUse	1830s → 1840s →
predecessor	indigenous travel routes →
recognizedAs	National Historic Trail →
relatedTo	Old Spanish National Historic Trail → Santa Fe Trail →
traverses	Great Basin → Mojave Desert → Rocky Mountains foothills →
usedFor	overland commerce → slave trade → trade in New Mexican serapes → trade in blankets → trade in horses → trade in leather goods → trade in mules → trade in woolen textiles →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mojave River →	associatedWith
Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) →	namedAfter
Old Spanish Trail (trade route) ("Old Spanish National Historic Trail") →	relatedTo